Cannon Beach and Portland writer Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018), well-known for her science fiction and fantasy works, has been honored with the U.S. Postal Service’s 33rd stamp in the Literary Arts series. The 3-ounce 95-cent stamp is available at the post office or bit.ly/UPSleguin

“I loved it from the start,” Le Guin reminisced about Cannon Beach in a 2017 interview. “Way, way back, in the 1960s, it was a little artists’ hideaway town.

“The sculptor Joe Police was mayor. There were no mega-mansions owned by out-of-state millionaires, no big ugly cement walls on north beach, it had its own hardware stores, and indie drugstore, and Osborne’s excellent grocery.

“It was more self-contained and a good deal, well, gnarlier,” she added. “But it’s still pretty gnarly, thank goodness.”