Lost art

By Pat Nelson
For “The Daily News,” Longview, WA
Reprinted with permission
Fourteen years ago, a drifter named John, a talented artist, agreed to create a pastel drawing of two children believed to be from Kalama or Woodland, but John left the area before the family received the finished artwork.
I don’t know how this family met John. It’s [...]

Storystorm…It Looks Like This!

I think a picture of the “storystorm” in my head would look just like this. This colorful photo is printed here with the permission of artist Mike Patnode. After the holidays, I will start telling you Mike’s incredible story and that of his dedicated family. After Mike’s graduation from college, he never had a chance [...]