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This week we hear from Marlin in Albany.

This week we hear from Leslie Palotas in Lincoln County

This week we hear from artist Paul Bennett in Sisters, recorded at the 2024 Sisters Festival of Books.

This week we hear from Alsea Morton at the Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area Overlook, outside La Grande.

This week we hear from Damaris Hernandez of Corvallis.

This week we hear from Bob Kruger of Sisters, recorded at the 2025 Sisters Festival of Books.

This week we hear from Carolyn Gabrielson of Black Butte Ranch, recorded at the 2025 Sisters Festival of Books.

This week we hear from Caela McKeever of Bend, recorded at the 2025 Sisters Festival of Books.

This week we hear from painter Patricia Baehr-Ross in Mount Vernon.

This week we hear from Patrick Sweeney, a retired mortician in Heppner.

Today we hear from Berenice Chavez Meraz at Spillway Park in Umatilla.

Today we hear from John Marble at Lazy M Ranch in Crawfordsville.

This week we hear from Rob Lane, owner of Lane Farms in La Grande.

This week we hear from Sarah Ross at her ranch in Scio.

This week we hear from Gabby Bay at the Gilbert House Children's Museum in Salem.

This week we hear from Kim Voelz owner and winemaker at K Voelz Wines in La Grande.

This week we hear from Madeline Lau, owner of the Kokanee Inn in Joseph.

This week we hear from Oregon's Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, in Bend.

This week we hear from Joaquín Lara Midkiff in Salem.

This week we hear from Chris Guyer in Lostine.

This week we hear from Marcus LeGrand, a college administrator and school board member in Bend.

This week we hear from Nick and Angie Lunde in Joseph.

This week we hear from Katie Kulla at her family farm on Grand Island in Yamhill County.

This week we hear from Jamie Kish in Yachats.

This week we hear from David Harrelson at his tea garden in Dundee.

This week we hear from Enrique Sanchez Rodriguez, who leads the culinary team at Local Ocean in Newport.

This week we hear from Matt Allen, a beekeeper living in Kimberly, on the banks of the John Day River.

This week we hear from Aleksandr Chernousov, formerly of Moscow, now living in Beaverton.

This week we hear from Kerri Latshaw, a language arts teacher living in Dayville.

This week we hear from Laura Anderson, founder of Local Ocean in Newport.

This week we hear from Dan Haag in Nehalem.

This week we hear from artist David Seacord in Prairie City.

This week we hear from Betsy Altomare, owner of the Bijou Theatre in Lincoln City.

This week we hear from Michael Parker, a conservation biologist, at Parsnip Lakes in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

This week we hear from Eli Thomas, a middle-schooler in Spray.

This week we hear from Jason Holland, director of the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts in Newport.

This week we hear from Lowell Greathouse, a retired minister in Forest Grove.

This week we hear from Bennett Hall, a newspaper editor in John Day.

This week we hear from LaLana Santiago in Oregon City.

This week we hear from Kat Liddell in Brookings.

This week we hear from Roberta Lee in Selma.

This week we hear from Yen Nguyen, owner of Yen Hair Salon in Southeast Portland.

This week we hear from Ruth Robinson, a school district secretary in Paisley.

This week we hear from Ebony Frison, an artist living and working in Southeast Portland.

This week we hear from Gary Marshall, a fifth-generation rancher in Harney County.

This week we hear from Paul Susi, a theater artist, social worker, and community activist in Portland.

Note: Contrary to what Paul observes and describes during this interview, dogs are not allowed in Lone Fir Cemetery.

This week we hear from Christine Wolfe, city recorder for Maupin.

This week we hear from Gabe Sheoships, executive director of Friends of Tryon Creek, in Portland.

This week we hear from Rich Wandschneider, library director for the Josephy Center in Joseph.

This week we hear from Travis Garner, a metal shop teacher and city council member in Paisley.