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Scratchpad: We almost blew our cover
In the late stages of gathering materials for Our Coast Magazine 2019, as production drew near, photographer Colin…
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Scratchpad: A hidden talent discovered in retirement
Amid the kaleidoscopic blur of colors, compliments, cheese, crackers, loose conversations and winey revelry of a recent Astoria…
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Scratchpad: On breaking out of a routine
How easy it is, when you’ve lived in an area long enough and the novelty starts to wane,…
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Scratchpad: A healer and harp builder
For decades, Duane Bolster, a harp builder from Portland, tried to learn one instrument after another — piano,…
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Scratchpad: Fisherpoets ask how to make people care about the environment
Poems, stories and personal essays presented at the annual FisherPoets Gathering often ask: How can humans live in…
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Scratchpad: Catch the briny brilliance of FisherPoets
The Feb. 21 of Coast Weekend is devoted to the 22nd FisherPoets Gathering, with two profiles — Sierra…
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Scratchpad: Readers’ Choice winners, voters uphold region’s excellence
The Feb. 14, 2019, special issue of Coast Weekend reveals the winners of the 2018 Readers’ Choice contest…
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Scratchpad: Sense and sensory deprivation
In the darkness, I bobbed supine on a 10-inch pool of water inside a chamber 8 feet long,…
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Scratchpad: A plea for audience etiquette
You’re at a well-attended event. The featured entertainer has wrapped up, and it’s time for the Q-and-A. You’re…
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Scratchpad: Keeper of a brother’s literary legacy
Arnie Hummasti had two brothers. They were both diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on the same day. George, the…
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