Tag: Ducks

PLACE

Saying Goodbye to Cascadia

Post author By davidfrancislawlor
Post date September 28, 2022

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 […]

Tags Ashland, Astoria, beavers, Bend, california, Career, Cascadia, Ducks, Eugene, Family, Friends, Hood River, Moving, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, portland, seattle

CULTURE

Ducks, Beavers, And A Tale of Two Ball Fields

Post author By davidfrancislawlor
Post date April 16, 2022

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 […]