Why Oregon exists on the map
The cold is not the problem. The darkness is not even the problem. The problem is a year with no soil in the hands. Oregon is the answer to that — a place to keep working with trees and ground until December, when the last leaves go, and the circuit can honestly turn toward the islands.
The hinge of the year
December to March: Maui. Tail of winter into October: Alaska. The Oregon hinge makes the other two sustainable for a body that needs to plant, not only to endure or to surf. Without it, the cycle collapses into tourism.
A third Light Center
The three-year aim is working models in all three geographies — not a headquarters with two vacation nodes. Oregon's model is orchard, forest edge, soil school, and the craft of a temperate year.