Hero

I’ve been reading through old emails this morning, looking for some details from my time in Japan back in 2012. I came across the following email, describing a meeting I had earlier in the day. While in Japan, my job was to actually meet with people all day long, whereas here in the states I typically […]

Up To

My blogger friend Marlene (insearchofitall) asked in her post: “What are you up to?” All the usual little bits of life are going on at breakneck speed. “Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else—if you run very fast for a long time, as we’ve been doing.” “A […]

Traditional Mother’s Day

Our traditional Mother’s Day is not likely similar to yours. Nonetheless, aren’t traditions sometimes the whole reason we look forward to a holiday? For Tara and me, it’s camping. It all started because I am the outdoorsy one and Tara less so. And when the kid was little, I just laid down the law and […]

Farm Life

I’m wise enough to know there will be a sharp learning curve.

There’s a party in Portland

I was invited to my very first Portland Timbers game last weekend. The Timbers are a soccer club in Major League Soccer. There is a waiting list for Timbers season tickets, and most of the individual tickets are already sold out for the year. Because of this, getting invited to the game was a pretty […]

Eggs!

Over the weekend I found a nest. A little background: I have not yet built a proper fence that is high enough to keep my hens penned. They simply lift like multicoloured Harrier jets and launch over the four-foot fence. They roam far and wide, doing their own thing, and get into enough trouble that […]

Black Violin at the Schnitz

“For us the violin is the vehicle for a bigger message, which is not to be afraid to be different,” Kev Marcus.

Tips for Men

EIGHT TIPS for men uploading photos for your online dating profile: Do not make the one where you’re holding the fish your main profile photo. Or the other one where you’re holding a fish. It is obvious which photos were taken in the 1990s. We don’t need those. Please upload photos of yourself. The photos […]

Gifts to warm the home

This weekend I was recovering from a procedure I had on my foot on Friday. Had to keep the foot elevated, but had I been as mobile as usual, the weather was not exactly encouraging to do chores or to do fun stuff. So I guess it’s time for a blog. I moved to this […]

Beaver Creek Falls

I was told that there was a falls on Beaver Creek. That’s MY creek!