The Pets Issue
Dogs, cats and chimps, oh my!
What are “pets,” anyway? Humans have kept animals around for just about as long as we’ve been human. Dogs helped us hunt. Cats guarded the … Continue reading
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Pot Petition
Creswell’s One Gro seeks to repeal the town’s pot ban and create a local monopoly
In a small café just off I-5 that proprietors hope to convert into a weed dispensary, a marijuana company’s leaders met with a few citizens … Continue reading
The Fuzzbutt Network
Sniffing out the Eugene-Springfield Husky/Malamute Meet-up
At a recent Eugene Husky/Malamute Meet-Up at Amazon dog park, 50 or more huskies and malamutes play like there’s no tomorrow — running in giant … Continue reading
Need a Dog?
Consider taking in a hard-to-adopt dog like Tank
When you’re looking to adopt a dog, you’re probably thinking of a sweet, quiet dog that comes right up to the cage and gives you … Continue reading
Out to Pasture
Oregon Horse Rescue strives to give unwanted horses a forever home
Humans, if we’re very lucky, get to retire in some comfort. Horses — some of humankind’s closest companions for thousands of years — have to … Continue reading
Chimps Inc.
An Oregon chimpanzee sanctuary cares for rescued chimps
On a stifling summer day in Oregon’s high desert, I drive past several ranches with cattle, horses, goats and a few llamas or alpacas. I … Continue reading
Into the Weeds with Wine
Can two growing industries coexist?
“Vineyard owners sue over pot operation,” reads an April headline in The Register-Guard. Thus begins a story we might have foreseen like a blip on … Continue reading
Fair Time Again
OCF is back
It’s that time of year again: the smell of fresh cut grass in the breeze, children flying kites and playing in the park for summer … Continue reading
On Loan From Mother Nature
Prepping the Fair brings a community together
Imagine a ghost town. The skeletons of buildings, stripped of their roofs and siding, are overgrown with trees and vines. Light shining through the rafters … Continue reading
Alt-Fair
Staying in town during the Oregon Country Fair
Crowds, dust and scorching temperatures aren’t for everyone. So if you’re like me and want to avoid gaggles of people at the Oregon Country Fair, … Continue reading