Archived from July 2018

Planted Trees

Colin O'Brien
Shall we sit up there?

First day in Seattle was all about the poetry chapbooks (sort of). We went to see Mary Shea a friend of Jill’s oldest friend in Ann Arbor, Jean and the person responsible for a lot of the cover designs and placement of illustrations in the books. »

Train to Seattle, via Portland

Colin O'Brien
Well planted rows

We hadn’t originally planned to rent a car in Eugene, since the trip was envisaged as being car free, unless we were with friends or family. Hence we returned the car and took the Amtrak from Eugene to Portland. The Willamette Valley is quite flat, though you can see »

First visit to Eugene

Colin O'Brien
The road goes on beyond the Observatory

First stop in our trip to the Pacific North West brought us to Eugene, OR. We’d been so busy before we left that we hadn’t done much planning on what to do, but once we got orientated it seemed pretty obvious. Highway 126 runs from the coast through Eugene »