Les and I have been together for more than 11 years, in that amount of time you learn idiosyncrasies about a person, their quirks and odd habits, their eccentricities and peculiarities. It took me a while to notice one of Les’s.…
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I have been struggling lately with various things in my life, and it’s been helpful for me to remember that the world is not completely black or completely white, it’s all shades of grey. This got me thinking about black and…
I fell back to the standard what-to-write-when-you-have-no-ideas posts, I’ve already done a pro-con list, I’ve shared quotes, I’ve explored a hypothetical question, I’ve written a review, I’ve even done a best-of list. But I haven’t done an A-Z list, so…
I’ve been struggling this week with what to write about. Not out of being busy, for once, just out of laziness and lack of ideas. I had a brief thought of writing about National Parks, since Les and I bough…
THE OCTOBER COUNTRY … that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country…
One of the things that I love/hate about the Oregon Coast is the lack of seasons. It is about 58 degrees and partially cloudy pretty much every single day of the year here. Right after we first moved here I took a…
Oregon has 11 lighthouses on its coast, I now have photos of all 11 of them. They aren’t the best photos in the world, they certainly aren’t worth making into a calendar or anything, but I had fun going to…
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune, Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone…
This past Sunday when I was browsing PostSecret, like I do every Sunday, I saw a secret that really spoke to me. Several people have asked if I’m going home for the holidays; we’re still fairly new to the area, so…