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1–2 minutesYou walk past the salmonberries, the newly unfurling maidenhair fern; the false-lily-of-the-valley tucked darkly beneath the Indian plum. You talk over the robin’s song, and step through the bunches of wood sorrel, flattening their stems as you walk. You don’t get excited over a coltsfoot flower rising long-stalked above the understory. You don’t stop with
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Deer Tree
1–2 minutesI stare at the tree with spots on its side, imprinted into the bark as though brushed with paint to mimic the soft, white spots of a deer. I watch this tree rock in the wind before the storm, turn darker under gathering cloud-light, its branches heavy with maple tree flowers hanging down like grapes.
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List of Independent Bookstores in Oregon
1–2 minutesI thought it would be helpful to compile a list of all the independent bookstores in Oregon! As a local author, I find this list really helpful when looking for places to schedule events. Also, it’s fun to visit local bookstores while traveling around the state! I hope this list is helpful for you, too.
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On 23rd Ave.
1–2 minutesA single tree shines green above the concrete, the sun cutting through it from the side, resting on the leaves the way I once saw light filter through alder trees at the river, back when I stood ankle-deep in the catkin-littered creek, and followed it out to the moss, and crawdads, and swirls of slate-gray;
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