“Writer's Notebook: Aggrieved citizens want dignity”

By Steve Forrester | The Astorian | Apr 27, 2023

“If you write for a living, you learn that inspiration cannot be predicted. It sometimes arrives when you least suspect it.

My most recent ray of light was provided by Nella Mae Parks, in an essay published in the current issue of The Other Oregon, the quarterly magazine our company produces about life in rural Oregon.

Parks is a farmer, writer and organizer who lives in Cove — a northeast Oregon town of some 680, with another 1,200 in its school district on the eastern edge of the Grande Ronde Valley. After coming our way five years ago, Parks gives our readers a window on the rural, agricultural world, which city dwellers seldom see.”

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