Theresa Verboort

One thing I'll never forget is the time I was faced with a male visitor wanting me to come down from my tower. The Forest Service...

I will be uploading short stories and such, including work from my writer's group "Just Write." For now, this page is "under...

I always harbored the secret desire to write my own book.  I wrote stories in my head throughout my childhood, and sporadically wrote...

The town librarian and I enjoyed each other’s company.  She kept an eye out for whatever might be my current interest. One thing I learned very young- if you have a good book, you are never bored.

You can spend a lifetime exploring Oregon.  On the west there’s the gorgeous, moist, rugged coast,  and the sparsely inhabited coast...

I was born in the southwestern Oregon town of Coos Bay, and grew up in the area.   My family moved to a hand built home ten miles down a...

The Kalmiopsis melded in my mind with stories I’d read about the survivalists in southern Oregon.  These are people who live in remote...

I first became aware of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness of Southwestern Oregon many years ago, when we were traveling up I-5 from Ashland.  As...

A friend of mine asked me to share some of my forest lookout stories. I particularly remember one night, as I was sound asleep in my...