Events at The Clearing

Host an event at The Clearing Café.
Have a book club?  A motorcycle group?  A knitting class?  A jewelry trunk show?  Whatever!
Gather at The Clearing Café.  Call us to reserve space for your group today.

Author Series At the Cafe: Oct. 25th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Bob Ferguson, author of Some Days Chicken, Some Days Feathers

A 320 page memoir crammed with delicious humor, yet Ferguson's 
poignant Vietnam experiences will bring a tear to the reader's eye. 
Comments  from early reviewers, “Magnificent,” “One of the best books I
have ever read and  I read a lot,”  “It is a well  written book.”  Ferguson
says, “Of  course, these are my friends, but their overwhelming enthusiasm
has pleasantly  stunned me.” 
Ferguson  was born in Portland, Oregon, but the book follows the family's
many  moves from Astoria to Bend where he records one of his earliest 
recollections of harvesting potatoes as a preschooler.  He attended elementary and
high schools  in Eugene graduating from South Eugene in 1961. “I led a
bunch  of senior classmates on a panty raid of a 'house of  ill-repute' that we
still laugh about.” he said.
Ferguson  graduated from Linfield College in 1965 and earned All-American
football honors  playing for Coach Paul Durham. From there he joined the
Marine Corps and became  a photo reconnaissance officer in the F-4 Phantom jet.
Midway through his 1968  Vietnam tour he was assigned to a ground unit as a
Forward Air Controller  conducting air strikes in support of the ground
troops.   
Since leaving  the Marines in 1969, Ferguson has been the director of Camp
Easter Seal, a camp  for handicapped kids near Coos Bay, a stock broker in
Portland in 1973 and owned  a manufacturer’s representative agency for the
last 35 years. At age 61 he  earned a Master’s in Teaching degree and now
enjoys substitute  teaching. “One day I was teaching eighth graders to write a
memoir. It was  fun and that got me to working on my own story,” Ferguson
said.
Ferguson  believes that every person has a good story to tell. On October
25th from 4:00  to 6:00 pm in The Clearing Cafe he will talk about his book
and conduct a  works that will give the audience the tools to write their own
stories. 
His  workshops are fun-filled and he invites libraries, book stores,
schools, and  senior centers to contact him to schedule a book talk at their 
venue.

Cuppings:

The Second and Fourth Saturday of ever month! 1:00 to 2:00 P.M.

Come excersize that palate of yours! (next cupping: July 25th)

Single Origin Saturdays:

Every Saturday the offered espresso will be a single origin (from one region, not a blend).

October Artist Reception

Megan R. Jones, acrylic and watercolor Saturday, 10/24/09 @ 6:00pm