The Northwest is known as a kinda rugged place. The people up
there are tough, gritty, uncompromising folk, and they love their natural surroundings. But it is also a very
artistic place i the sense that people express themselves in terms of their relationship to the surroundings. Case in
point, check the Fisher Poet Society where fisherfolk and others
read poetry, sing songs and generally make merriment. There is a fine
radio piece about them as well.