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Eating local: Pain relief one goal

By Melissa Wagoner Ten years ago, pain was an everyday part of Kristin Aalbue’s life. “Everything hurt all the time,” Aalbue said. Kristin, who moved to Silverton from Washington 10 years ago, is a jack-of-all trades; working as a receptionist for Moonstone Spa, cleaning houses and writing and illustrating a series of graphic novels for children called The Happy Undead […]

Monsters on a mission: Artist says books open doors to conversations

By Kristine Thomas  Silverton resident Kristin Aalbue was devastated. She contemplated quitting. But giving up would mean Zigfeeld and the misfit monsters of Silverville would cease to exist and their stories would never be told. In 2010, Aalbue spent countless hours using colored pencils to illustrate a children’s book she wrote. The book was bound and ready to start showing […]