Lyle Lately

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

High Desert Museum

Didn’t expect to find my childhood home in a museum!

Garden of One Thousand Buddhas

A meditation master and scholar of Tibetan Buddhism had a childhood dream about a peace garden in the mountains.

Big Hole National Battlefield

A ceremony was underway because it was exactly 143 years since military scouts spied on a Nez Perce camp and prepared to slaughter them.

Yakama fishermen

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

Weekend in Lyle

I know I am spoiled that I have the option to get out of town when others don’t. I am grateful.

The Modoc tribe survives

I am compelled to understand what led to war and planned genocide of a people.

Modocs as they were

The Oregon-California border held lands that were traditionally Modoc country.

Maryland doors

I think there is room for Thanksgiving Day to be a good holiday.

Shakespeare in southern Oregon

I enjoyed my time at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival so much last year that when I received an email this Spring offering discount early bird tickets, I pounced and bought five. It took me all summer to arrange a visit south, but I finally devised a quick trip with the assistance of a fellow blogger. […]