Dispatch From Ontario, Oregon

On a Monday morning, I flew from Portland, Oregon to Boise, Idaho. From Boise, I drove an hour west back to Oregon. The drive was longer than the flight. When I got out of my rental car in Ontario, it was 102 degrees. My hosts and colleagues told me it was a dry heat, so… Continue reading Dispatch From Ontario, Oregon

Links for the Voracious

Reverse Brigitte Bardot. Hotel Eastlund, Portland.What do book lovers do when their community defunds it’s public library system? Alua Arthur on becoming a death doula. The media strategy behind the nationwide prison strike for fair wages and humane conditions. Sheep shearing women of the West. Vallery Lomas won last season’s "The Great American Baking Show,"… Continue reading Links for the Voracious