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Hi, I'm Chris Wilson. I've been pleasantly trapped in Ojai since 2001, and as far as I'm concerned that's long enough to truly call this town my home. I was born in the Pacific Northwest where skies are grey and hills are green. I studied journalism at Washington State University, and then rolled to California to practice writing in various forms and enjoy golden hills and blue skies.

Here in Ojai, I found a blend of creative and casual that rings my bell. So I've stayed and become a writer for hire. I do a little PR, some editing and creative non-fiction. I pedal round town on my Schwinn beach cruiser. Longest ride to date: Oxnard airport to Ojai, about 25 miles in 2 hours 45 minutes.

I've reported the news, featured the fantastical and profiled multiple personalities for three California community newspapers: Kern Valley Sun, Half Moon Bay Review and Ojai Valley News. I love small-town life.

I launched the one-sheet Pink Minute paper to amuse my creative self. Watch for it around town from time to time. I've sold scooters, assembled and sold musical instrument lamps, wired an electric car, caught Casitas bass, lent my creative direction to the launch of a bridal magazine, and sold and designed advertising.

I created an Ojai Face design and made an online store with t-shirts, coffee mugs and mouse pads. And I've been screen printing them myself in recent months and have been selling them at the Ojai Village Pharmacy in the Arcade.

Sometimes I wash windows for some of the Valley's finest residents. I find the process meditative and satisfying.

I cherish late night walks in the empty streets of downtown Ojai, a moon-lit sky that drizzles stucco in romance and music that pours from the public house all sweet and bumping. I love Pixie Tangerines, thought-free strolls on Shelf Road, and long drawn-out Pink Moment sunsets.

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