In a strong voice, her body stepping forward to punctuate carefully chosen words, hands gesturing to underscore the message, Manya Yana Campos describes the sound of her mother’s bangles, braids as “spiritual ropes” and being a liberated Latina who makes tortillas. www.oregonlive.com/living/2024/...

Beth Gillander, 81, who walks in pain caused by the neurological disorder #cerebralpalsy, wants to attend the fundraiser for #scuba.access because the Hillsboro nonprofit S.A.F.E changed her life. #wishofalifetime #alliisonder www.oregonlive.com/living/2024/...

#TextileHive , which preserves the late Andrea Aranow’s influential fashion designs and international sewing material collections, is exhibiting Aranow’s counterculture garments worn by 1960s’ musical icons to celebrate October’s #PortlandTextileXMonth www.oregonlive.com/living/2024/...

Few who have passed by the 1926 Jacob Barde House at the entrance of Portland’s Washington Park know the butter cream-colored mansion contains clues to the self-made millionaire’s profession as a successful scrap-metal dealer. www.oregonlive.com/realestate/2...

The ancient Celts and Druids may have ignited autumn’s #Samhain festival eons ago, but Oregonians keep the fire burning with year round events focused on the Celtic cultures of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Galicia and the Isle of Man. www.hereisoregon.com/experiences/...

There is no better time to visit the #oregongarden in the Willamette Valley than fall. The 80-acre botanical display of the state’s horticultural greatest hits gleams with fiery red, orange and yellow foliage. #oregongardenresort #gordonhouse1957 www.oregonlive.com/travel/2024/...

Costumed creatures ambled in #Ashland’s Halloween parade Thursday afternoon, past thousands of spectators filling downtown sidewalks and occasionally joining the cast of characters, almost all wearing homemade creations. www.oregonlive.com/living/2024/...

#Oregon suffragist’s 1912 Astoria estate for sale was built in 1912, the first year women in Oregon could vote. Sarah Jane Bardy of Cascade Hasson Sotheby’s International Realty. Photo by Justin Grafton www.oregonlive.com/realestate/2...

#Portland interior designer Midori Karasawa takes a restrained approach to furnishing a home. She was born in #Tokyo, where dwellings are small and spare, and high-quality materials are accentuated by empty space. #karasawa_interiorstudio #papazianphoto www.hereisoregon.com/people/2024/...

Expect to see more rounded edge furniture, layers of color + dedicated shower rooms if #2025 trend predictions from home renovation and design resource #Houzz come true. Do the ideas work in the Pacific Northwest? George Covin of #house.of.george says ... www.oregonlive.com/hg/2024/11/h...