Author to explore
life decision at event
By T. Lee Brown
Correspondent
Should a person become
a parent? More specifically,
should a woman become
a mom? Such questions
weren9t always asked in ear-
lier generations; people sim-
ply had kids. No longer taken
for granted, these decisions
inform the twists and turns of
a contemporary life path.
As many women do,
Jackie Shannon Hollis faced
losing her love relationship
if she chose to prioritize hav-
ing children. In her book
<This Particular Happiness:
A Childless Love Story,=
Hollis explores her journey.
She will read from the book
and sign copies at her in-
store appearance at Paulina
Springs Books this Saturday,
November 16, at 6:30 p.m.
The memoir offers sto-
ries of Hollis9 childhood on
her family9s historic ranch
in Condon in the 1960s.
Her adult life takes her to
Eugene and Portland, where
she focuses on college and
career. The reader follows
Hollis through a tumultuous
time in society, when gender
roles began to change fast
4 changes that caused pain
and confusion while open-
ing up new opportunities and
possibilities.
Throughout the book,
Hollis9 life interweaves with
the lives of her friends and
family, most of whom go on
to have children.
<As a childless woman
surrounded by children (with
PHOTO PROVIDED
Author Jackie Shannon Hollis will
visit Paulina Springs Books.
over 40 nieces and nephews
and grand-nieces and -neph-
ews), Jackie believes we all
have an important role in
supporting the children in our
lives,= according to a pub-
lisher9s statement.
Hollis9 short stories
and essays have been pub-
lished in The Sun, Slice,
Inkwell , High Desert
Journal, VoiceCatcher,
Nailed, Rosebud, and other
publications.
She said of Sisters
Country: <The landscape
and wide-open skies around
Sisters feel like home for me.
I love the town, which has
such a sense of community,
and I9m lucky to have fam-
ily there. Plus, Sisters has
Paulina Springs Books which
offers something for every
reader.=
Paulina Springs Books is
located at 252 W. Hood Ave.
in Sisters. More information
is available at www.forest
avenuepress.com.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Artist in residence offers free talk
Anna Ialeggio, who is the
current Artist in Residence at
Pine Meadow Ranch, will give
a free talk and invite conversa-
tion about her process and her
art on Thursday, November 21,
at 5:30 p.m. at Studio 6000 in
Sun Ranch in Sisters Industrial
Park.
Ecology, Clowning, and
Performance 4 an informal
artist talk by Anna Ialeggio
will be the final Pine Meadow
Ranch artist resident talk for
the year.
Ialeggio says that she <is
on a slippery slope somewhere
between journalism and myth,
infrastructure and wilderness,
immersion and self-awareness,
capital and autonomy& At
heart, concerned with articu-
lating and celebrating the bio- Anna Ialeggio will share her art in Sisters on November 21.
diversity of ecosystems and
ideas.=
The event is free to the pub-
lic, refreshments will be served.
The Roundhouse Foundation
is sponsoring this event.
Studio 6000 is located at
200 E. Sun Ranch Dr., #103 in
Sisters.
For more information
please contact Kit Stafford,
541-771-2787
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