Lava Beds National Monument

There is a small and fascinating park in the northernmost part of California dedicated to learning about and exploring a volcanic landscape.

Modoc Petroglyphs

Imagine my pleasure when we arrived and discovered that these are Modoc petroglyphs.

Once our home

Have you ever revisited a place you once lived?

Bloggers in Southern Oregon

One of my favourite things to do is to visit a fellow blogger in real life.

Mountain paint

You start with a light colour, then add a tiny bit of the darker colour and paint a mountain.

Office Tile

I came up with the idea to buy a few extra squares, and replace the carpet with office tile.

OYL June 3

I look back at my COVID journal from a year ago. May 27, 2020. “Crossed the 100,000 mark today. That’s sad. Tara is legitimately convinced that this fall and winter the second surge of COVID will be even worse in the US.” Tara turned out to be absolutely right, and to a degree that probably […]

OYL May 26

{Note: As you can see by the date above, I am a little bit behind. Some serious personal stuff came up, devastating news and fabulous news. I’ll tell you the cool stuff soon and the shitty stuff when my heart is ready. You know how life is…. anyway. I’m sorta back now!} One Year Later, […]

Mother walking drinker

The title of this blog post is funnier if you say it as though you are cursing.

OYL May 21

Manja had a birthday celebration, which became my first pandemic online party.