My South Lane enters retirement

Seven years ago, while camping with a friend along west Odell Lake, I came up with the idea of starting a blog. With some fine-tuning that idea became My South Lane, a blog about life and the outdoors in south Lane County. My personal goal was to get out more and explore. I thought having …

Historical Photographs: Online Resources

Nothing tells a story like a picture can. I love looking through historic photographs of the Cottage Grove area, and I love to include them with my posts whenever I can. Over time, I've discovered three useful collections of photographs, and whenever I want to find a historical photograph these are the sites I turn to first. …

Pondering 2015

The other day, I wrote about the five most popular posts on this website for 2014 and it has me wondering ... are there other types of posts you would like to see? I started this blog with the goal of "exploring life and the outdoors in south Lane County" so there is obvious room to …

2014 In Review

What do the movie Stand By Me, the old newspaper the Bohemia Nugget, the Hinsdale Rhododendron Garden in Reedsport, Upper Trestle Creek Falls east of Cottage Grove, and old wigwam burners all have in common? They are the top five blog posts on this website for 2014! As the end of the year comes to …

Thank You John Cooney

For many years, I commuted to Eugene for work every morning, Monday through Friday. Just after 7:30  on Thursday mornings, I always looked forward to John Cooney and the Natural World which played on KLCC. If you aren't familiar with the Natural World you can hear archives of the show on the KLCC website. I …