May has been a fun month for craft beer writing! Here are 3 big features about the Eugene, Oregon craft beer scene: New botanic ales tap ancient tastes – Tastings – The Register-Guard – Eugene, Oregon, May 2015 Big summer for craft-beer lovers – Tastings – The Register-Guard – Eugene, Oregon, May 2015 Kate Price: … Read more
This is a recent copywriting and website project I did for my dad’s company, and it’s the newest part of my online portfolio. When your business is built on 60 years of excellence, you have that same expectation for your website. Terry St. Clair, the owner of Jack St. Clair, Inc. (JSI), is also my … Read more
Join me and other Oregon authors at the Art & the Vineyard Festival’s Oregon Authors Table! The Festival and Table run July 3–5, and I’ll be there July 3 & July 5, 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Facebook Event Page – July 3 Facebook Event Page – July 5 Now in its 18th year, the Oregon Authors … Read more
Are you a writer looking for your fellow writers? The Oregon Writers Collective (OWC) fosters a vibrant community that nurtures working literary writers, particularly those who are beginning their careers. They meet at The Barn Light (Broadway & Willamette, downtown Eugene), on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. On Wed., May 13, I’ll be doing a short … Read more
In an early Terry Pratchett book called Equal Rites, we got to meet an unstoppable, cantankerous witch named Granny Weatherwax. A little later, Pratchett brought us to Granny’s home turf in the magical and mountainous kingdom of Lancre. She was joined by two other vastly different witches, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, 3 conflicting personalities who … Read more
Our family adores our Eugene Public Library. Ever since our 3-year-old was a baby, we have taken him and now his baby sister to library events such as their weekly Library Storytimes. (My wife, Jodie St. Clair of the Eugene Suzuki Music Academy, even guest hosts.) Recently our librarians asked if we would help them … Read more
May’s craft beer articles for the Eugene/Springfield area include one of my favorite topics to write about for the Oregon Beer Growler: women in the brewing industry. This year I had the privilege of interviewing Kate Price, who along with her husband Ben founded newcomer Hard Knocks Brewing in Cottage Grove. Our talk is on … Read more
April was a recharging month. With the rough draft of Lotus stuck in a virtual desk drawer for a few weeks, I devoted extra attention to some other articles, Rucksack Universe ideas, and other things for my writing and publishing business. It was really refreshing. Lotus. But now it’s May, and that means it’s time … Read more
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