FINDING HOME | From salesman of the year to a struggle with addiction, Joseph found the support he needed Joseph Park, a slender man with a gray brush cut and an expressive face, talks with his hands and leans forward to make sure his listener is engaged. ...
15 Apr 2017 - Jane Salisbury
FINDING HOME | He lived most of his life outdoors, but an addiction treatment program gave him a fresh perspective that led him to his new apartment Randall McKee and I met to talk about the vicissitudes of homelessness and his new life after having been ...
1 Apr 2017 - Jane Salisbury
Multnomah County’s Carol Cook encourages reading as a tool for exploring beyond their own lives and experiences If the stereotype of a jail librarian involves a stern woman trundling her cart down a narrow catwalk as hands reach through bars for tattered ...
25 Aug 2016 - Jane Salisbury
COMMENTARY: Somewhere between fear and suspicion, there must be a place where understanding can emerge When it comes to guns, there is a deep urban-rural chasm in Oregon, each side caricaturing the other. On the urban side, there are the liberal Portlande ...
7 Jul 2016 - Jane Salisbury
The Portland iconographer talks about her work in this installment of Nothing More Hopeful In Mary Katsilometes' small studio at the back of her house in Westmoreland, a wooden icon leans against the wall. It is unfinished, and I find Mary studying i ...
7 Jul 2015 - Jane Salisbury