watermelon cosmos
A green galaxy expands in the garden where the moon and stars shine.
Evening Storm
Heavy dark clouds shoved sunshine off stage thunder cracked and lightning danced in.
telling time
Tonight I held the weight of season’s change in a handful of green beans.
While waiting at the hospital
Tonight I remember I have been here before In the quiet dark
Garden Helpers
Sorry Colonel Sanders! Curious Chicken Bucket is the best kind!
Ranging Free
newly feathered girls scamper across the backyardpulling rain fresh worms
Exploring The Redwoods & Coastal Towns
As I said in my previous post, our January hike amidst the big trees of the Columbia Gorge inspired me to come home and plan a trip to see the REALLY BIG TREES in Northern California. I had a particular memory from my childhood when our family drove to San Fransisco from our home in …
Eagle Creek Trail
On the last Sunday of January, David, Ryan, I set out for a hike in the Columbia River Gorge. Ryan doesn’t have any experience with the gorge – except for a young memory of hiking up to the top of Multnomah Falls in the spring of 2014. David and I only have a couple gorge …
Green River Soda
My Grandma died 15+ years ago, but when we open up her trunk that sits in the corner of this intergenerational home where we live and pull out one of her journals, we can hear her voice like she is just in the next room. We do this pretty often – reach into Grandma’s trunk …
change the flavor change the season
A few weeks ago I walked into a coffee shop and asked for my usual order – Rosemary Lavender Iced Latte, please. Normally I’m a make-it-at-home, french press, drink-it-black kinda girl, but in my (infrequent) coffee shop stops, I order a latte with no added flavors, usually they are too sweet for my taste. However, …
tourist season
One day last week I was out running on the Coastal Trail when I heard a familiar whirr behind me. It took me a pause to identify. It was not the sound of bloated fat bike tires rolling over pavement or the subtle hum of an ebike, but…. rather, a Segway!!! With the ever growing …
Sale Pending
A home is not simply a building; it is the shelter around the intimacy of a life. –John O’Donohue, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace This house came available just when we needed it nearly 5 years ago. We pass it on now with deep gratitude for the shelter it provided our family.
National Dandelion Day
This is National Dandelion Day?!?! It’s a bit off season for us – snow still covers our yard (a couple feet deep in the front) and more fell this morning. But in general, the spring melt is on and we know from experience that it’s just a matter of time before a rich blanket of …
Afternoon Field trip
Chickens venture further down the trails each day as snow slow-melts away.
Sweet Sunday Morning
locking in the memorieson the Kincaid trails with skisone last time
(Gaining almost 6min/Day)
Sun pushes hard on the edges of dark and soon we’ll put away lights.
17 beats – MetaNote
Since I am consistently posting 17 Beats to this space again – here’s some cut/paste from a conversation I recently had with a friend….. .…..sometimes lately i tell David – I’m gonna dump that blog entirely. just take it down. but – I also don’t want to lose what it holds . And so. I …
(by *last I mean *probably last* cause i do know how that can go)
Taking note as this *last Alaska winter melts into memory.
The work of moving
packing stuff into boxes and memories into the shape of me
again. we have come through.
In warm sunshine these lengthening days I stand with the trees in praise!