Finding Fringe is a periodic column profiling unconventional Oregonians who push the boundaries of social order.
Finding Fringe
Opinion | An Oregon veterinarian brings comfort to pet owners when it’s time to say goodbye
FINDING FRINGE | Sarah Crozier’s compassion and career are only part of her story. Her roots and her evolution are just as compelling.
Opinion | Ripples of Walden Pond on an Oregon tidewater
FINDING FRINGE | A traveler and a writer, Wallace Kaufman is a naturalist at heart
Opinion | A letter a day for 15 years and 9 months
FINDING FRINGE | A mother’s love reaches into the bowels of the Oregon penal system to keep her son afloat
Opinion | Betty Kamikawa sees potential where others see lost cause
FINDING FRINGE | Helping the disenfranchised through a housing crisis, Kamikawa brings authenticity to small town politics
Opinion | An American story of working undocumented
FINDING FRINGE | One person’s refugee status is another’s loyalty to employers, state and country
Opinion | Against the grain, this coastal man searches for universal human rights
FINDING FRINGE | Living modestly in the forestland of Lincoln County, David Peltier believes in breaking the cycle of poverty and ending isolation
Opinion | COVID-19 through a literary lens
FINDING FRINGE | My conversations with librarians have been the bright line in a ‘world of words’