Paint me Happy

Six miles from Mitchell, OR are the Painted Hills: one of my favourite things about this state.

Seeing Pictographs

My Cherokee group had the opportunity to see Columbia River pictographs that were formerly lost to view by mere human eyes.

Lyle Lately

Please accept my report that there is more goodness stockpiled out there in humanity than I imagined.

Shevlin Park and Pilot Butte

If you read my last post, you saw that I drove the 4 1/2 hours down to Bend, Oregon to see an art show and found my childhood home at a museum. I spent one night in Bend and found two quick, easy trails to walk the next morning. First of all I enjoyed Shevlin […]

Breathing smoke for a week

Wildfires are raging across my state of Oregon, as I’m sure you’ve heard in the news. People have died, homes burned to the ground, and thousands of people evacuated. Friends of mine have been ordered to evacuate their homes, and more have just left to try to find clear air to breathe. California is getting […]

Yakama fishermen

I’m a person who can’t stand not doing something.