Growing up on the family ranch, Linda Finley fought hard to gain the acceptance and respect as a ranch hand that her brothers took for granted. Arlene Pile barely remembers learning to ride a horse and run machinery–she was so young. She learned to drive on an 8N Ford tractor with a buck rake. Lee …
Author Ashley Sweeney interviewed Portland author Ellen Notbohm about her debut novel The River by Starlight. Shortly before publication, the book won the Gold Medal for Best Regional Fiction, West-Mountain, in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Notbohm is also author of four award-winning nonfiction books. Ashley Sweeney: Thank you, Ellen, for allowing me to interview you …
Domestic animals are, above all else, companions. They accompany us in our daily lives. In this companionship, we allow them to witness so many parts of our lives; what they think of us ends up being a deep and unknowable darkness. In October 2015, Trinity University Press published Annick Smith’s gorgeous memoir, Crossing the Plains …
