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FEBRUARY 9, 2017 // 3 Northwest Author Series hosts Barbara Drake Author off ers appreciation of rural life in memoir living in her latest memoir, “Morning Light: Wildfl ow- ers, Night Skies and Other Ordinary Joys of Oregon Country Life.” Drake will speak about her book on Saturday, Feb. 11 as the February speaker for the Cannon Beach Li- brary’s Northwest Author Se- ries. The event will be held at 2 p.m., admission is free and the public is welcome. Born in Kansas in l939, Drake moved to Oregon in l941, grew up in Coos Bay, and earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Oregon. After teaching at Michigan State University, she returned to Oregon in l983 to develop the creative CANNON BEACH — When Barbara Drake and her husband left Portland and moved to a small farm in western Oregon’s Yamhill Valley in the late l980s, they saw it as a temporary relo- cation. But as the couple’s experiences on the farm multiplied — training herd- ing dogs, fi nding a well, and stargazing in the nightime darkness — they decided to hang onto their rural life as long as possible. Drake articulates the lessons she’s learned from her long years of country coast INSIDE THIS ISSUE weekend writing major at Linfi eld College, where she taught until 2007. Drake writes nonfi ction, fi ction and poetry. She is the author of “Writing Poetry,” a college textbook, in print since 1983. Her earlier memoir, “Peace at Heart: on Oregon Country Life,” was a 1999 Oregon Book Award fi nalist. “Peace at Heart” describes her early years on the small sheep ranch/vine- yard outside of Yamhill and conveys her deep love of the quiet lifestyle and her joy in little things. “Morning Light” was published by Oregon State University Press in 2014. Replete with records of native wildfl owers, an en- COAST WEEKEND EDITOR REBECCA SEDLAK COAST WEEKEND PHOTOS DANNY MILLER arts & entertainment ADVERTISING MANAGER BETTY SMITH ON THE COVER CONTRIBUTORS DWIGHT CASWELL KATE GIESE PATRICK WEBB RYAN HUME “Pool 3,” a monoprint by printmaker Harold Lohner of Phoenix, Arizona, in the art exhibition “Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century” at Clatsop Community College. SUBMITTED PHOTO To advertise in Coast Weekend, call 503-325-3211 or contact your local sales representative. © 2017 COAST WEEKEND See story on Page 10 4 10 14 THE ARTS Romantic comedies Get in the mood for Valentine’s Day with these fi lms FEATURE ‘Au Naturel’ TO SUBMIT AN ITEM CCC’s 11th annual international exhibition opens DINING Mouth of the Columbia You can still treat yourself while on a sugar detox FURTHER ENJOYMENT SEE + DO...............................12, 13 CROSSWORD..............................17 CW MARKETPLACE...........18, 19 MUSIC CALENDAR ..................20 GRAB BAG...................................23 Coast Weekend welcomes comments and contributions from readers. New items for publication consider- ation must be submitted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two days before publication. Find it all online! CoastWeekend.com features full calendar listings, keyword search and easy sharing on social media. Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217 or 800.781.3211 Fax: 503.325.6573 E-mail: rsedlak@dailyastorian.com Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St. Astoria, OR 97103 Coast Weekend is published every Thursday by the EO Media Group, all rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced without consent of the publisher. Coast Weekend appears weekly in The Daily Astorian and the Chinook Observer. SUBMITTED PHOTO The Cannon Beach Library will host author Barbara Drake on Feb. 11. “Morning Light” by Barbara Drake counter with an elderly man who lived on her farm 80 years ago, and an old family recipe for wild blackberry pudding, “Morning Light” is an appreciation and explo- ration of the landscape of western Oregon. In nearly 30 years of small farm living, Drake has trained her eye on the natural world sharing her SUBMITTED PHOTO beloved place. The mosses thriving on the forest fl oor, the quick work coyotes can make of chickens, the anxiety of well-drilling, her satisfaction in recognizing constellations — this is the stuff of Drake’s life and it fi lls her book. As entertaining and instructive as it is person- al and refl ective, Drake’s writing will resonate with anyone who has experienced a convergence of family history with natural history, considered their place in the historical continuum, or wondered if their lifestyle can be sustained with age. In a world where even “the country” is becoming in- creasingly citifi ed, “Morning Light” reminds us why we should care for rural land- scapes — while we still can.
