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I am a repeat subscriber who enjoys my bimonthly issues of Oregon Home. I wonder, though, whether your magazine should more accurately be titled Portland Home. Portland is a fascinating city and I can see the attraction in the many transformed homes you’ve covered there, but Oregon is more than just Portland. What about Eastern, Central and Southern Oregon as areas of interest? There are myriad homes in the city of Bend—a city I love to visit—that could tantalize readers for many issues to come. Perhaps your journalists could venture out a bit farther.

—KELLY WEISHEIPL, ASHLAND

Editor S.D. responds: "Thanks for the feedback. I’ve yet to cover a remodel in your fair city, but during the last 10 years at the helm of Oregon Home, I’ve traveled from Kimberly to Gold Beach to Gearhart to Sisters to Medford to Mosier. Trust me: My butt is flatter from all the miles I’ve logged with photographer Sally Schoolmaster, a former truck driver who drives like the wind! I’ve got several out-of-Portland features coming up this year including a Sisters shoot that you’ll see in next month’s Oregon Home’s Green Living. Stay tuned!"

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