Half a day in Cork

We didn’t plan our time well and gave ourselves 3 minutes to eat the buffet breakfast we had each paid €13 ($15) for. Instead of eating, we collected food into take-home containers we had saved from the day before and ran out of the hotel with rollerbags and shoulder bags, and paper bags of breakfast […]

Ancient Ireland

This particular region is packed with neolothic sites and points of interest.

Kilmainham Gaol and another look at Dublin

And there we were, in the very place where it happened.

A look at Dublin and Ireland Archaeology

Tara and I boarded our first plane Tuesday morning. After a 6 hour layover in Washington, D.C., we boarded our second plane and in 7 hours arrived in Dublin. Exhausted. Sadly, during that time, Tara developed a cold. Though we felt excited and upbeat at first, the kiddo was wiped out by noon. I was […]

Performance & Production

This play took up all the parts of us that are dark, acknowledged them, and then made us feel good anyway.

Portland’s Lan Su garden

The longer you gaze out across the waters, or through the branches, the more you see.

Coast and home again

People built sand castles and threw frisbees for dogs.

Aircraft, ice cream, forests, ocean

It was time to head down the coast. Will had seen a lot of the area where I live, but I wanted to show him the unique coastlines we have on the Pacific that are unlike Atlantic coastlines. I also wanted to introduce him to timberland. I grew up here in a U.S. Forest Service […]

Odd Ends and Mill Ends

Bits and pieces of our smaller adventures in early March.

Rock & Falls

Will came to visit from Rhode Island for two weeks. Prior to this visit he had never stepped foot into Washington or Oregon. I was delighted to be able to show his virgin eyes my favourite part of the world. On our first day back home after Seattle, the day dawned sunny once more, and […]