Personal Essays & Stories
Oregon Humanities Beyond the Margins, Fertile Ground: Reflections on Grief and Gardening February 23, 2024
Weekend Break, 20 Years with a Jack Russell Terrier February 1, 2020
Weekend Break, You Know You’re From Astoria When. . . . July 26, 2019
Rain Magazine, Walking in Memphis, April 2019, Print Magazine
Weekend Break, Flat Cat Spur: Memories of Spring Firewood Gathering, May 3, 2019
Weekend Break, When a Pool Was the Jewel of Tapiola Park, July 20, 2018
Weekend Break, To Be a Good Teacher, May 4, 2018
Journalistic Writing*
*as well as a mix of my photography and other photographers–noted in each article’s caption
Coast Weekend, Embracing the Slug Life, September 26, 2024
Coast Weekend, For This Artist, an Astoria Residency Offers Creative Balance, August 4, 2023
Coast Weekend, Ponca Author & Astorian Publishes Poetry Book, August 4, 2023
Weekend Break, When the Tide Comes Up, the Art Goes Away, July 14, 2023
Coast Weekend, Once I Knew I Had Something I Didn’t Want to Stop, July 12, 2023
Coast Weekend, Sleeper Coffee Brings Espresso Tonics, gluten free treats, July 11, 2023
Seaside Signal, The Commons Opens in Seaside, July 3, 2023
Coast Weekend, Astoria Photographer Looks Back to Nature in Gold and Green, June 27, 2023
Weekend Break, Something at the Market for Everyone, June 16, 2023
Seaside Signal, Seaside Farmers Market Returns, June 13, 2023
Seaside Signal, Seaside American Legion Celebrates 100 Years, June 6, 2023
Weekend Break, The Gallery Upstairs on Commercial Street: Artist Connie Dillon, June 2, 2023
Coast Weekend, Writing is How I Make Sense of My Experiences, May 23, 2023.
Coast Weekend, Portraits in Red Honor Lost Indigenous People With Art in Ilwaco, May 19, 2023
Coast Weekend, El Akkad, Kessler and more Celebrate Reading in Cannon Beach, April 11, 2023
Our Coast Magazine, Tradition, Healing, Connection: Indigenous Artists Embrace Heritage in the Columbia-Pacific Region, March 22, 2023
Coast Weekend, It’s a Reminder That I Can Do Hard Things, March 1, 2023
Coast Weekend, Fisher Poets Has Been a Reason to Write, Feb. 21, 2023
Coast Weekend, Bubble Tea Shop Serves Up Color, Delight in Long Beach, Feb. 6, 2023
Weekend Break, I Started Writing and it All Poured Out: Author Tim Lane, February 3, 2023
Coast Weekend, We Cannot Keep From Singing, November 14, 2022
Coast Weekend, A Piece of Heart at AshRiver Woodworks, June 29, 2022
Coast Weekend, Historic Exhibit Focuses on Astoria Fire of 1922, June 15, 2022
Weekend Break, A Place for Quilting, May 27, 2022
Coast Weekend, Seasonal, Foraged Bouquets at Nansen Florals, March 16, 2022
Coast Weekend, Be a Citizen Scientist During Spring Whale Watching Season, March 9, 2022
Coast Weekend, Co-op Focuses on Community, Feb. 5, 2020
Coast Weekend, The Art of Tattoo: Artist Creates Safe Space for Female Clients at Simply Human Art in Astoria, Aug. 28, 2019
Coast Weekend, A Market of Choices: New Warrenton Farmers Market Draws Vendors, Locals, Aug. 21, 2019
Coast Weekend, Flavors of Mexico: Lunch, Dinners Feature Mexican Chef, July 31, 2019
Coast Weekend, Cultural Cuisine: Astoria, Australian Chefs Team Up for Father’s Day Dinner, June 13, 2019
Weekend Break, You Know You’re From Astoria When. . . . July 26, 2019
Coast Weekend, Astoria Pride 2019: Couple Witnesses Evolution of Astoria, Celebration of Pride, June 5, 2019
Weekend Break, Flat Cat Spur: Memories of Spring Firewood Gathering, May 3, 2019
Coast Weekend, Sisu-Powered Finnish-American Folk Festival Takes Place July 27 – 29 in Naselle, Dec. 21, 2018
Coast Weekend, A Shell of a Good Time, Clown Bread Still a Crowd Favorite at Astoria-Warrenton Crab, Seafood & Wine Festival, taking place April 27 -29, Dec. 21, 2018
Coast Weekend, A Heady Brew: Ninth Annual Pouring at the Coast-Held March 17 at Seaside Civic & Convention Center-is a Beer Lover’s Craft Beer Festival, Dec. 21, 2018
Coast Weekend, Humans of Astoria New Community Member Mitch Eckhardt Collects Stories, Photos of Locals for ‘Tell Me Astoria,’ Jan. 18, 2018
Our Coast Magazine, Mysteries of the Columbia Pacific Region, April 2018.
Weekend Break, When a Pool Was the Jewel of Tapiola Park, July 20, 2018
Coast Weekend, Women of the West: Author Marianne Monson, March 1, 2018.
Coast Weekend, Families Honor Heritage at Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival, June 13, 2018
Coast Weekend, Preserving Local Heritage- Astoria’s Finnish Brotherhood Works to Keep History Alive, January 10, 2017
Weekend Break, For the Love of Locomotives, August 12, 2017
Gwangju News, Hangeul Day, October 2012, South Korea. International Print Magazine
