Not too many years ago our city of Springfield, Oregon was embroiled in a controversy over allowing a new medical facility, Peace Health Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend, to be built near the juncture of I-5 and the city limits, not far from a community hospital already serving the community. Riverbend won the dispute […]
Karen Barnett
Beyond the Ashes, by Karen Barnett, releases Tuesday
Reading Karen Barnett’s newest release in the Golden Gate Chronicles, Beyond the Ashes, is like eating gourmet ice cream served in a crystal goblet with a demitasse spoon. Each page is well-crafted and should be savored, letting the richness of the characters linger in the mind, just as every bite of the sweet dessert remains […]