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Clouds Over Oregon's High Desert
Feb
11
6:00 PM18:00
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Clouds Over Oregon's High Desert

Join me for the first installment of the High Desert Speaker Series in Bend! Come to the Tower Theatre to take a tour of clouds in Oregon’s high desert and the wide-open, wild landscapes that make for spectacular cloud viewing. Learn what makes the clouds so dynamic, so varied, and so universally appealing. What are clouds made of? Is there an easy way to learn their confusing Latin names? How can you enjoy the clouds in a new light on your next high desert adventure?

I’ll be joined by Jeremy Austin, ONDA’s Policy Manager, will illuminate why Oregon’s high desert provides unparalleled opportunities to view clouds, and how these clouds are part of a water system that supports life from the banks of desert rivers to the sagebrush steppe.

Doors open at 6 p.m.; event starts at 7 p.m.

Click here for tickets and information on this presentation and the Tower Theatre (835 NW Wall St. Bend, OR).

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A Sideways Look at Clouds @ Roundabout Books in Bend
Mar
3
3:00 PM15:00
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A Sideways Look at Clouds @ Roundabout Books in Bend

During the 186 days every year Bend, Oregon, is officially "sunny," the sky can be covered by 15% or less by clouds. If the clouds had better PR, this would be a "partly cloudy" day. Learn about the clouds, our fascination with them, and why we don't talk about them more at my talk, Q&A, and book signing. I'll be sharing some science, humor, and thoughts on following your curiosity.

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A Sideways Look at Clouds @ Paulina Springs Books in Sisters
Mar
2
6:00 PM18:00
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A Sideways Look at Clouds @ Paulina Springs Books in Sisters

On Cloud Nine? Under a Cloud? Curious about these shape-shifting natural wonders we too often take for granted? Join me for talk, Q&A, and book signing. I'll be sharing some science, humor, and thoughts on following your curiosity.

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Clouds at Skagit Audubon
Feb
13
7:00 PM19:00
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Clouds at Skagit Audubon

Birders and cloud watchers have much in common: they spend a lot of time in the field, their gaze is often skyward, and they have a good grasp of taxonomy. Yes! The clouds come in genera, species, and varieties, too! Join me and the Skagit Audubon Society in "big sky country" (Skagit County) for a program on my new non-fiction title, A Sideways Look at Clouds (Mountaineers Books, 2017). My presentation will include a talk, slides, Q&A, book sales and signing.

 This is part of the monthly program of Skagit Audubon and is free and open to the public.

7:00 Social; 7:30 Program, Padilla Bay Interpretive Center, 10441 Bayview Edison Rd, Mount Vernon, Washington

 

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Nov
18
to Nov 19
book events, clouds, natural history books

Sideways @ The Wild Arts Festival

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Come celebrate the Audubon Society of Portland's nature-inspired art extravaganza on November 18-19. I'll be signing copies of my new book, A Sideways Look at Clouds (Mountaineers Books 2018) and Rare Bird: Pursuing the Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet (Mountaineers Books reissue 2013) on Sunday from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Come by to chat about murrelets ("fog larks) and clouds (including fog!).

This event 37th annual event is a fundraiser for the Audubon Society of Portland--the organization that spearheaded the nearly ten-year effort back in the 1980s to protect the Marbled Murrelet under the federal Endangered Species Act.

While supporting a good cause and celebrating the natural world, you can meet dozens of other authors including Molly Hashimoto, Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Robert Michael Pyle, Kathleen Dean Moore, Brenda Peterson, and Kim Stafford. Here is the full author line-up

The event is held at:  Montgomery Park, 2701 NW Vaughn, Portland, OR
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 18 | 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 19. Tickets are required. Click here for more information on the festival.

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Nov
2
7:30 PM19:30
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Sideways at Powell's Books on Hawthorne

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Curious about clouds? New to the Pacific Northwest? Forgot what you learned about clouds in 4th grade? Can't remember the Latin names? Perfect! 

Join me at Powell's Books (the Hawthorne Store) in Portland for a reading/talk/Q&A about clouds and my new book A Sideways Look at Clouds. I'll give you tips on watching clouds, talking about them, and engaging in a meaningful relationship with them. I'll be showing slides of our beautiful PNW clouds, answering your questions, and signing copies of my book. 

Powell's Books on Hawthonre is at 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland 97214; (800) 878-7273. There are LOTS of wonderful eateries and drinkeries in the neighborhood.
For directions to store and other info click here.

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Oct
26
7:00 PM19:00
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Sideways @ Third Place Books

What kinds of clouds are these and why does author Maria Mudd Ruth want you to look up and notice them?

What kinds of clouds are these and why does author Maria Mudd Ruth want you to look up and notice them?

Join Maria at Third Place Books in Seward Park for a reading/talk/Q&A about her newest book A Sideways Look at Clouds at this indie bookstore (the newest of the three Third Place Books stores in Seattle) Drink and food specials are available from their full-service restaurant Raconteur during the events, so grab a glass and join us! All are welcome, no purchase required.

 Third Place Books, 5041 Wilson Ave. South, Seattle, WA For directions, click here. 

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Oct
6
7:00 PM19:00
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Sideways @ Village Books in Fairhaven

Believe it or not, we have hundreds of kinds of clouds, not just "rain clouds." Learn about nimbostratus (seen through a rainy windshield) and other clouds in A Sideways Look at Clouds.

Believe it or not, we have hundreds of kinds of clouds, not just "rain clouds." Learn about nimbostratus (seen through a rainy windshield) and other clouds in A Sideways Look at Clouds.

Don't know much about the clouds but wish you did? After moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2006, Olympia nature writer Maria Mudd Ruth realized she knew little to nothing about clouds. Rather than continuing to take them for granted, Maria began to study these shape-shifting natural wonders with curiosity and humor. In A Sideways Look Clouds (Mountaineers Books, September 2017), Maria charts a unique course into the science and meaning of clouds and offers the non-scientist ways to look at, appreciate, and talk about the clouds.

Join Maria for a lively presentation, short reading, gorgeous clouds, and book signing. There might even be a quiz.  Village Books is at 11th and Mill Streets in Fairhaven (south of downtown Bellingham).

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Sep
29
7:00 PM19:00
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Sideways Launch Party

Join Maria at the Eagles Ballroom to celebrate the publication of A Sideways Look at Clouds, by Mountaineers Books.

After moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2006, Olympia nature writer Maria Mudd Ruth realized she knew little to nothing about clouds. Rather than continuing to take them for granted, Maria began to study these shape-shifting natural wonders. In A Sideways Look Clouds Maria charts a unique course into the science and meaning of clouds and offers the non-scientist ways to look at, appreciate, and talk about the clouds. The launch party will include a presentation/reading followed by Q&A and book sales/signing, fun.

Browsers Books of Olympia will be at the event to sell hot-off-the-press copies of A Sideways Look at Clouds (and also Maria's previous book, Rare Bird). Refreshing beverages and light cloud-themed nibbles will be served. Children welcome.

PARKING: There is free on-street parking on 4th and Pear St. (the most convenient). There are some spaces in the Eagle's Ballroom lot just north off the building off 4th. AND after hours at Always Safe & Lock just north of that. AND after hours in the larger parking lot of the Lottery Administrative HQ across the street. 

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