Stories about living and growing up in the Pacific Northwest
(by Northwest writers and photographers)
About the Editor
Jim began his life in the forests, rivers, creeks and beaches of the Olympic Peninsula, where he explored his environment as a child, following deer trails through the woods with only his dog as his companion. The nearest children to play with were a mile or more through these same forests. He could be easily become distracted by a bug, a flower or the tadpoles in the many ponds around his parent’s stump farm.
He moved with his parents to Oregon his freshman high school year, following his dad job in power line construction, attending four high schools just his freshman year alone, five total. His family would spend each Sunday exploring the sights and sounds around Oregon, from Redmond, Burns, John Day or the Willamette Valley, where they finally settled down.
Jim’s interest in photography developed while living and working in John Day, Oregon as a young father of two, and began to write articles of interest to Portland’s evening paper, the Oregon Journal and United Press International. When told that he could get more money for an article if he had photos, he borrowed a twin reflex camera and never looked back.
His love of photography and writing took on another life when he found he could merge his childhood experience of sailing the waters of Lake Washington in Seattle by using a sailboat to explore part of the world with a perspective most people never get to see.
Come along with him as he shares his life experiences with his family and friends.