About the Author

Veronica Russell

Veronica Russell has called Oregon’s North Coast her home for more than 20 years. She has a degree in Creative Writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, and in addition to being a writer, she is a novice hiker and avid photographer. When she’s not playing chase with her three dogs on the beach or doing volunteer work for the Seaside Rotary Club, she is spending her time taking spontaneous road trips with her husband, grown children, dogs and granddogs — and, of course, chronicling it all on Facebook and Instagram.

The Mystery of “Terrible Tilly”

October 2, 2015

Resting atop a sea stack of basalt, more than a mile off the banks of Oregon’s North Coast, the notorious Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, (nicknamed “Terrible Tilly”), is the stuff of aged lore. Although long closed to the public, she still stands today, though battered and bruised, a testament to her storied past. Tilly’s story began… More

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