PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 22, 2024
At first, I was relieved and heartened to learn there were already efforts underway to raise money to rebuild the iconic fishing shacks at Willard Beach. But then I realized this well-meant nostalgic endeavor is pure folly against the power and imminence of the climate crisis. They will just get swept away in the next big storm. We should instead commission an artist to install a sturdy steel sculpture that honors the memory of the history of those shacks while also acknowledging that the climate crisis is here. ~ Jennifer Lunden, Portland