Bill Siemer grew up on a farm in Lassen County, played basketball at Shasta JC, went to Vietnam, became a newspaper reporter and then a lawyer and now considers himself a champion of the story that needs to be told. He lives on the bank of the river and takes pictures.
Reason you're having trouble keeping parsley going is that it lasts only two years, going to seed in the second. FYI I've got French tarragon growing in a couple of pots; it died in the winter and came back strong this spring. Seems to do best in partial shade. Dappled morning sunlight, they say.