The Oregonian • April 2012
     The best discoveries are unexpected. One overcast morning, my husband and I set out for a long hike just north of Lincoln City, only to find the trail closed. So we walked to the beach as the tide ran out. Wandering the rocks, I discovered a tide pool as alive with color as a fireworks display. 

The Oregonian • January 2012
     It's 9 o'clock on a wintry Sunday night, and Isaac Sibley is playing a round of golf with his friends. The group hovers, silent, as the golfer looks out over the fairway and takes a practice swing. Then, with complete poise, he arcs his body and drives the ball. The ball hits the ground with a short piff...

The Oregonian • January 2012     
     Some regions of Oregon hold an embarrassment of riches when it comes to geologically themed place names. The desert southeast of Bend has not just Crack in the Ground, but also Hole in the Ground and Big Hole. All three are worth a visit...

The Oregonian • December 2011
     When you visit sites of ancient Roman civilization, it's hard to know where to look first: Temples, markets, brothels and baths all draw the eye and the imagination. But if you really want to know what it was like to live in ancient Rome, you may want to consider the humble toilet...

Planning • October 2011 
     When Clatsop Community College built a satellite campus in a rural area east of Astoria, Oregon, the college faced a common challenge: what to do with the new wastewater. To connect the new campus to the city’s sewer system would have required miles of new pipe, a pump system, and money...

Municipal Sewer and Water • September 2011
     In A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman town of Herculaneum, and its sewer system, under 60 feet of debris. After a farmer rediscovered the ancient town 1,600 years later, archaeologists had their hands full...

Metroscape • Summer 2011
     Forty feet beneath the quiet, airy lobby of the Oregon Health & Science University’s waterfront building is a miniature sewage treatment plant. You wouldn’t know it from above, but below the building’s sixteen stories, which include a café, medical offices, and gym...

American Forests • Spring 2011
     As the Willamette River winds through downtown Portland, Oregon, it flows past dozens of sewage outfall pipes. On almost any rainy day, you can stand on a riverside walkway and watch as these pipes spew raw sewage into the river. Over 800 cities across the US...