Quirkiness. Beauty. Bravery. Bigfoot!
Pacific Northwest history and folklore come alive in Anne's repertoire of stories, songs and poems.

Treasure on Neahkanie •  Rattler's Revenge •  Bigfoot and the Huckleberries

Clementine Ryder (Anne's original character) seeks treasure on the Oregon Coast, meets Bigfoot in the Olympic Wilderness and braves high desert rattlesnakes.

Clementine evokes rattlesnakes Metropolitan Learning Ctr, 2011

NW Characters: Animal Vegetable Mineral

Willamette Meteorite •  She Who Watches •  Ing Hay, Doctor of John Day •  The Sun Box •  Slug Lore •  Coyote and the Frog People

  Local Cure

Award-winner!  |  4:26 YouTube  |   2011, AVP Media  |  

She Who Watches (Tsagigla'lal), Columbia River Gorge, WA

PERSONAL ANECDOTES by Anne

Calling Oregon Home

Bare at Bagby Hot Springs •  Salmon Tent Survival •  Bear at Honeymoon Meadows •  We Brake for Sun!

"Our hearts are on this piece of land, and we do not wish to lose it."

Chief Tiacan, Kalapuya Tribe (Santiam branch), Oregon: 1850

NW Tall Tales & Songs

The Lost Blue Bucket Mine •  Original Webfoot •  Trail Cook's Cure-all •  Columbia River Laundry •  Acres of Clams •  Oregon Suits Me •  Oregon Land •  NW Folk Remedies •  Healthy Climate, I Presume

Recent performances: Oregon Tales, Tall & True, PDX 2010; NW Tellers Showcase, NW Folklife Festival 2011

 listing of Oregon Folklore Resources