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Eliza Tweetertail’s pregnancy had been so terribly long, much longer than that of the average mouse. But the time had finally arrived and she was…

And the sublime comes down/To the spirit itself -Wallace Stevens, “The American Sublime” Our god is ephemeral. A god of the senses: To the sensual…

Residents of Vancouver, Washington who work in Oregon often have ample time to sit on Interstate 205 near the Columbia River and take advantage of…

We were sitting in the best seat at Double Mountain Brewing—the one that gives a really nice view of the desert hills off beyond the…

Kook’s Burritos in Portland, Oregon: white girl burritos It sounds like the set-up to a sexist joke: two white girls open a burrito shop… and…

In the long winter of our mutual debasement, it helps to remember that we were once free people, knee deep in brisk waters polishing a…

I recently asked a vintner acquaintance to come taste so-called “natural wine” with me at a little joint called Ardor, which only serves wines described…

The view from atop this bluff looking straight down into the viridian water, rocky bank fringed with foliage, is as rich as it gets out…

Facts are scanty. The park is forty acres. Beginning in 1903 it was the site of the Gilliam and Wheeler counties’ annual pioneer picnic. In…