Traveling in the Oregon Outback I had traveled to the high desert of Oregon to see the annular eclipse. The October sunshine highlighted the yellow leaves on trees among the tall timber on my drive across the Cascades pass. As … Read More
A meditation Today I read about an Israeli-Canadian woman and an American-Israeli woman who are each missing near the Gaza Strip. Each has dual citizenship, each has spent decades working for peace among the hostile factions. I thought of two … Read More
Listen to your gut feeling even if it’s based on slivers of information I chose my financial advisor the way you are not supposed to make that decision. I went to a free lunch presentation titled “Can You Afford to … Read More
Wayne Shorter, Jazz Artist, Sharing the Creative Process The Wayne Shorter documentary currently streaming (Zero Gravity) blew me away. It’s not often I see a piece on screen, or read an essay, that allows me to enter into and understand … Read More
I thought my great-aunt was just a cook My Great-Aunt Olga emigrated from Sweden at the beginning of the 20th century. Like other immigrants, she found employment as a servant in some of the great houses of New York City. … Read More
Sweet Corn and Braiding Sweetgrass I sat in front of the band at the farmer’s market to drink in the happiness all around me. It is the beginning of September, and the vendors’ stalls are full of sweet corn, tomatoes, … Read More
Only Niagara Falls, in the U.S., has a greater volume I had never heard of Willamette Falls until I moved here, close to Oregon City, Oregon. It is second only to Niagara Falls in water volume in the U.S. I … Read More
How a whole-person approach has worked · First the disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. But I am an aging woman, with aging parts. I bought a jumper, the one-piece bodysuit that looks so cute on two-year-olds and teens. … Read More
The Women’s Club provided role models for me Carol Bly was intimidating at the breakfast round table. “Common ground,” she opined “doesn’t exist. I hate when anyone talks about common ground.” She pronounced common ground a lost cause in the … Read More
I’ve given up maintenance for more time. The decision to retire someplace without snow and ice was made when I was flat on my back on the sidewalk in Minnesota. The black ice was invisible, and I had stepped off … Read More