Global history through heroic profiles
In researching my current WIP I've come across a name associated with Oregon which rather surprised me. Years ago, way back in junior high (middle school in contemporary language), I found my first writing niche --- in poetry! More often than not, it was an endeavor in word wrestling - an obsession with counting, rhyming,... Continue Reading →
My husband and I recently drove to the abandoned townsite known as Valsetz, Oregon, about an hour and a half westerly drive from our house in Salem. Valsetz got it's name by combining the two words Siletz and Valley, the name of the railroad which ran through it when the town was established around 1919.... Continue Reading →
Globally Inspired 