Country Living 10 minutes From Eugene
Buildable 2 acre property with well and septic already in place just 10 minutes from town on a quiet dead end road in a great country neighborhood southwest of Eugene. The fully insulated single car...
View ArticleNigerian Dwarf Goat Kids
One doe, two wethers, and one buckling (or wether). These quintuplets (we’re keeping the 5th) were born on June 20th. Their dam is Camanna Promise-Me-Forever, a first freshener who is a fantastic milk...
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Rain Clouds Over Spencer Creek Valley by Brooke Stone This article was written before the triple tragedy in Japan, March, 2011. Now with a large radioactive plume moving farther out in the North...
View ArticleObituary for a Collie
Many of you know this editor as one of those crazy dog-rescue people. A bitter-sweet anniversary is coming. I had to put down a dog I loved for severe behavior problems beyond our ability to cope. I...
View ArticleForbidden Love and the U.S. Interior Dept.
Owls and Logging: Old Problems, New Twists–Why the Interior Dept. is Gung-ho to Shoot First, Ask Questions Later Forest in Spencer Creek Valley One night walk we felt a huge bird fly right over us for...
View ArticleAscending Manna
Slug breaks fast Native Land Its outer contours I know well, though altered by time and infirmity. It is the inner landscape I turn to now. Intending to roam the fertile convolutions of...
View ArticleReading Off the Charts Book Reviews: Mink River
Mink River a novel by Bryan Doyle Oregon State University Press Corvallis, 2010 Jordan River at Nightfall by Patrick Hudson I just put down (no puns intended) one of the most extraordinary books I’ve...
View ArticleSpring Wears the Clothes of Winter and a Smile
Douglas Moss by Brooke Stone Spring wears the clothes of winter and a smile the coats and capes of gray, billowing rain the pale muffler of chilly daybreak mist the hat brimmed round with...
View ArticleWest by Northwest Online Journal
Welcome to West By Northwest.org, an occasional, online journal with a commitment to good regional writing and with special emphasis on sustainability, arts and ecology. We are based in Spencer Creek...
View ArticleObituary of an American Original: Writer and Organizer Bill Nygren Dies
He e-mailed a few trusted friends; his co-writer, his bowling buddy–a friend since first grade, and his godson … confidential… going into the hospital… lengthy stay… must do this alone… They kept...
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