Author Colette

Winter on the Oregon Coast

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CKimball-WinterCoast-OCC2014-1My latest article in the Oregon Community Connection came out last month. It was about enjoying winter on the Oregon coast.

Winter happens to be one of my favorite times to visit the Oregon coast and when the publisher asked me to write an article about it, I had tons of things I could have said.

Best of all… I received the nicest email today from an acquaintance of mine. She wrote, in part, “I just finished your article on ‘Enjoying Your Winter on the Oregon Coast.’ It is so well written….I felt like I was there! It also is helpful for us as we want to plan some activities along the coast next fall so having a listing of November activities is very nice!”

When I was associate editor at The Prevention Researcher, I would occasionally get nice emails from my authors or emails from our readers about how a specific issue was helpful for them. I think this is the first time, though, that I have received such a nice, unsolicited comment about my writing. 🙂

Aftermath: Self-Portrait

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TheBigC

With my photograph “Aftermath: Self-portrait” at the opening reception to The Big “C” art show.

When I was just 3 weeks into the multimedia design program at Lane Community College, I learned about an upcoming juried student art show titled The Big “C”. The goal was to reflect on how cancer had impacted our lives.

Having recently lost both of my parents to cancer, I felt strongly compelled to enter. The project definitely took me out of my comfort zone in so many respects, but in the end, my photograph made it in to the show.