Wednesday, August 3, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Author brings love of
Sisters to bookstore
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
Peter Hoffmeister has built
much of his life and career
around a love of the outdoors
— a passion sparked in his
youth by time spent in Sisters
Country.
A highly regarded teacher
and author, Hoffmeister will
explore the benefits of an out-
door life in a talk at Paulina
Springs Books on Friday,
August 5, at 6:30 p.m.
Hoffmeister is the author
of “Let Them Be Eaten By
Bears,” a non-fiction rally-
ing cry for parents to loosen
the ties on their kids, remove
the bubble-wrap and not only
allow but encourage them to
adventure outdoors. That is,
after all, the way Peter grew
up.
“My best friend growing
up, his parents had a cabin in
Camp Sherman,” he recalled.
Peter and his friend spent
summers and winter breaks
there, and when Peter decided
at age 14 that he was going
to camp out for 100 nights
straight, he spent the first
14 of those nights in Camp
Sherman.
“My parents were a little
bit laissez-faire about allow-
ing me to adventure,” he said.
Hoffmeister is passing his
upbringing on to his daugh-
ters, now 11 and 15. They
spend about 20 nights a year
camped near Whychus Creek
in Sisters.
In addition to his writ-
ing, Hoffmeister teaches an
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integrated outdoor education
program at South Eugene
High School. He is ardent
in his belief that getting kids
outdoors — and letting them
roam on their own — makes
them healthier and happier.
“I think kids are happier if
they’re given more freedom,”
he said.
While “Let Them Be
Eaten By Bears” is non-fic-
tion, Hoffmeister says he’s
“mostly a novelist now.”
He’ll also be sharing his
most recent work, “This is
the Part Where You Laugh,”
a coming-of-age novel about
good kids going through
tough situations, and their
efforts to rise up their
struggles.
“It’s an Oregon novel, but
it’s not by nature an outdoor
novel,” Hoffmeister said.
Of course there are out-
door activities in the story,
including paddling, inspired
by time spent in Central
Oregon.
Paulina Springs Books is
located at 252 W. Hood Ave.
For more information on the
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Irish band to take stage at park
Dublin roots band I Draw
Slow has been garnering
praise around the globe since
the release of their Top-10-
selling album “Redhills” in
2012.
The band will play at Fir
Street Park in the Sisters Folk
Festival’s series of free sum-
mer concerts on Thursday,
August 4, from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m.
I Draw Slow’s new album,
“White Wave Chapel,” is
all the buzz at home and
overseas with their unique
sound, bringing together
Irish tradition with modern
Americana while staying
rooted in the old-time style of
Appalachia.
Their impact abroad is
redrawing the map for these
Irish/Americana songwriters.
The UK press describes
I Draw Slow as “American
top league equivalents” des-
tined “to blow the opposi-
tion away,” drawing favor-
able comparisons with
photo provided
I draw Slow plays a free concert at Fir Street park in the final of three
Sisters Folk Festival community shows.
Gillian Welch and Alison Connections, MerleFest,
Krauss.
Pickathon, RockyGrass,
While filling the air- Grey Fox, Wintergrass and
waves on tastemaker sta- more.
tions at home and abroad,
Low-back chairs and pic-
the band has been winning nics are welcome at the Fir
fans on both sides of the Street Park show.
Atlantic, playing legend-
For more information visit
ary festivals such as Celtic www.sistersfolkfestival.org.