Tag: States: Oregon

  • The Other Grey Gardens

    When I think of “grey” gardens I tend to think of cemeteries—not so much Big Edie and Little Edie. I’m one of those people who was raised visiting such bucolic settings, and with the grey rainy days we relish so much here in the Pacific Northwest, visiting certain old cemeteries once spring has sprung can…

  • A Gardener Spends an Hour or Two at Powell’s Books

    Last Friday the sun was out in the City of Roses and I was running around getting ready for my nieces’s 21st birthday party. Why not stop for a bit at Powell’s? Right? I have been visiting the nationally-known and locally-loved store since I was a girl and to say that it’s part of my…