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The EVERgreen Chronicles™
Welcome to the EVERgreen World
Coastal fog at dawn. Driftwood and tide pools. Evergreen forests running down to the sea. Warm kitchens on golden evenings, and star-filled skies over the water.
A Pacific Northwest Storybook
The EVERgreen World is drawn from the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest: the Oregon coastline, lighthouses, old shipwrecks, rivers, mountains, gardens, and kitchens. Some scenes are rooted in real places. Others blend several places into one imagined landscape.
How to read the pictures on this site
Real place: when an image shows an actual location accurately, its caption names that place.
EVERgreen landscape: when an illustration combines places or imagines them, its caption says so. These are artwork, not photographs of a single real location.
The Light of the World
Light in the EVERgreen World tells you what kind of moment you’re in.
🌅 Dawn
Beginnings, calling, childhood.
☀️ Clear daylight
Learning, kitchens, movement, exploration.
🌇 Golden hour
Family, community, meals, remembrance.
🪔 Lantern light
Nursing, wisdom, courage.
🌌 Moonlight and stars
Mystery, grief, faith, reflection.
🌈 Rainbow after storm
Reconciliation, transformation, hope.
The Series Map
🌊 Oregon Coast
→ The Lamp
Published
🌿 The Garden
→ Nursed to Flourish
Coming soon · In development
🕊️ Sky and Pacific
→ Flight
A future story
An interactive map of the EVERgreen World is planned for a future chapter of this site.
🌲 From Story to Community
Step From the Story Onto the Trail
The EVERgreen World is imagined. The trail toward flourishing is real, and it starts with one small step.
🥾 The EVERgreen Trail
Start Your EVERgreen Journey →
🚶 Walk Together
Move With a Nurse™ →
📍 Light Up Your Region
Put Your Light on the Map →
🌿 Where to next?
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