Rebecca Larson, public relations and development director at St. Vincent de Paul, uses everything she can until it’s worn out. And even then, she’ll most likely find a way to reuse some part of it. Just now, Rebecca has a full skirt in a floral pattern with shades of aqua, and a canvas tote bag […]
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Mini Gardens for the Home Show
Five local landscape companies were allotted 300 to 500 square feet to decorate at will for the Lane County Home and Garden Show. Even though winter’s chill still clings to the Willamette Valley, visitors who stroll through these mini-gardens will be surrounded by color, light and warmth.
Yoga Studios in Eugene – Moving Towards Stillness
Two local women profiled in this story each left their busy lives behind to become fitness instructors and find healthier balance in their own lives.
Oregon Festival of American Music
The Oregon Festival of American Music, which is presented annually by The Shedd Institute in Eugene, strives to keep the American Songbook alive.
Cousin Jack’s Pastys
Pastys are a traditional Cornish pastry of meat and vegetables tucked into a flaky dough pocket. The owners of this business come from a large family with family members involved in many different local ventures, so I wrongly assumed that was the origin of the name Cousin Jack. I came to understand that the name […]
Pet Gear Guide
Wondering what your pet really wants for Christmas? I compiled the year’s best gear for Eugene Magazine’s winter 2011 issue.
What’s Your Pet Personality?
This was one of my features for Eugene Magazine’s pet-themed issue. I asked people from exotic pet shops, Greenhill Humane Society, a local parrot rescue group and horse owners, among others, to find out what basic considerations people should give to certain type of animals that they might want to have. I was disappointed that […]
Weiner-Lininger Home Walkthrough
Merle Weiner approached me at Eugene Magazine about us possibly chronicling her and her husband’s plans to build an eco-friendly home on a large piece of property overlooking the Lorane Valley. Rarely do such large lots come up for sale in this area, which is just about 10 minutes outside of the city proper and […]
Public Art in Eugene
For this article I got to comb through huge notebooks of pieces of paper that the city of Eugene used to catalog the many items of public art. Some of the papers were hand-written, dating all the way back to the 1960s and ’70s. Of the more than 200 pieces of public art in Eugene, […]
Puppies With a Purpose – Raising Guide Dogs
I got to interview the group of women who raise guide dog puppies for the blind for two publications, the Register-Guard’s Dash special publication and Spot Magazine. These trainers spend a huge amount of time making sure the puppies are good citizens. They are the best-behaved dogs I’ve ever met, and the people who receive […]