Walking Lake Timothy
As I walk, I’m aware that I share the wilderness path with many others. Still, at times I think, or maybe in truth I imagine, that I am walking and forging my own path, finding my own way through the...
View ArticleTravel Writing
Travel writing is for reading and dreaming and tapping into another’s insights. I’ve been doing just that lately with a few stories from A Woman’s Path: Women’s Best Spiritual Travel Writing (published...
View ArticleSharing Plates
Why is it so hard to ask to share a plate in a restaurant? Last weekend, at a small breakfast, lunch and barista spot in Newport, Oregon, I needed to ask just that question. “Can we share a plate?”...
View ArticleOff-Season Travel
Apparently, unbenownst to me but clearly “benownst” to most of Washington State’s residents, Long Beach Peninsula is a summertime mecca. Which means that in the winter it is blissfully uncrowded. Empty...
View ArticleEnvisioning Serenity on Oregon’s Coast
Several years ago I read an article – or two, or three – that told me I should combat stress by envisioning a place of my own, a safe space, one that I could enter whenever I desired. Some described it...
View ArticleElegance in Oregon’s Wine Country
Sometimes more than the food in a restaurant, I’ll recall later the interesting mix of modern and old, the trompe l’oeule, the creation of elegance done with nothing more than well-placed chandeliers...
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