Memoir side of the house: truth, honest and experience. Satire side of the house: not true, not honest and no experience. just relevant on the imagination of the reader. _____________________________ Era in time, where you are judged by the color of your skin, and not the content of character. This is the basic concept derived from the speech of Dr. King. A different time as depicted by Ms. Deen. Cover Photo: My Grandson (Beau) Ferinando T. Smith Jr.

Beyond the hippy greenness of Portland, the tech-grunge wealth of Seattle, and the cosmopolitan cool of Vancouver is the older, elemental Pacific Northwest, where landscape and people combine in a spare geography of rock, water and forest. This collection of short stories is populated by characters who are a product of that geography, and others who are drawn to it like moths to lights. The title novella introduces Landon Go, a bookish seventeen-year-old skateboarder navigating strong women and small town complexity, all the while staying focused on his dream of a life in Sedro-Woolley,...