Trying to save the most beautiful spot we know

If you don't care about environmental conservation in Oregon, just move on and ignore this post. But for those who stayed.... In my hometown, we're engaged in a fight to save Liberty Hill Bluff, the most beautiful spot in the county. It's a remnant camas meadow, one of the few in the region that hasn't …

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Strategies collide

It was past 9pm, past curfew, shops closed and streets dark as I returned from distributing snacks to the rickshaw drivers. The only people outside were others sneaking home from "essential" tasks and small groups of men hanging out near their doors to take advantage of the cooling air. I don't remember what I first …

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