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Cascadia is a bioregion, a bioregional movement, and a state of mind.
Potential boundaries differ, but the region primarily consists
of British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.
Including all parts of the bioregion, Cascadia would stretch from coastal southeast Alaska down to the redwood region of Northern California.
This blog explores the people, places, and culture of Cascadia.
Saying Goodbye to Cascadia
The for sale sign is in the front yard. The house is listed online. The time has come. After almost 10 years of residing in Oregon, my wife and I are packing up and moving back to California. I am starting a new job with a wonderful nonprofit organization dedicated to the scientific study of…
In Remembrance of My Friend Luigi Tinonga
I met Luigi Tinonga when I was too young to remember meeting him. My family lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1980s before I entered kindergarten. My aunt and uncle lived in Oakland and they were neighbors and friends with Luigi and his wife Calleen. My parents would take my sister…
Ducks, Beavers, And A Tale of Two Ball Fields
For college baseball in Oregon, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. When I moved to Eugene in 2013, the state’s two major college baseball programs were in very different places. The Oregon State University Beavers had recently won the national championship in 2006 and 2007. Inching their way toward…
What Is The Deal With Olympia?
It is often said that state capitols do not make for great cities. This is undoubtedly true along the West Coast. Sacramento is exceedingly lame compared to its much cooler cousins San Francisco and Los Angeles. Salem is fairly forgettable and not so interesting when lined up against Bend, Ashland, or Portland. And then there’s…
Victoria: Conviviality is a Wonderful Thing
A boat takes you from Vancouver to Victoria? I’m in. For reasons unknown to myself, I’m a sucker for traveling by boat. Mind you, I’m not talking yachts or luxury cruise liners, but neither am I endeavoring to brave the high seas on a clipper ship. You know, a relatively safe aquatic journey where you…
Snow and Solitude: A Christmas in Western Oregon
I shouldn’t complain, so I won’t. My wife and I just spent a brilliant week on the Big Island of Hawaii in mid-December to celebrate her birthday. Warm, sunny weather, exploring black sand beaches, swimming with sea turtles, downing mountains of poke, and quaffing rum-soaked cocktails with little umbrellas. It was everything a Hawaiian vacation…