Mercy on Nestucca Spit
November 18, 2008
By Matt Love
A November storm raged and I wanted to see 30-foot waves whipped up on the distant ocean meet their end at the landfall of Nestucca Spit. I wanted them to die at my feet and I didn’t want to share their death with anyone else. Read more
Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
November 13, 2008
Story and Artwork by Brian F. Harrison
On everyone’s list of Top Ten Plants That Define the Pacific Northwest, you’ll probably find Sitka spruce, red alder, hemlock, Douglas fir and western red cedar. But look between and beneath those fine trees and you’ll likely encounter another Top Ten contender: the salal, more humble maybe, but ubiquitous in northwest forests, clearcuts, roadsides, and indeed everywhere it can spread its rhizomes.
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