I can hear it before I even open my eyes for the morning. It’s like walking by a stadium; thousands of rowdy voices clamoring together. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I sit up on my knees in bed and peer through the dusty screen out across our cold, grey backyard. In the distance, I…
pnw & travel
Remnants
Whenever I peruse the woods and shore at Matthews Beach, just a few yards from the residential creek that so captured my attention several years ago, I hope to find something interesting and significant half-buried in the sand or nestled beneath the frothy fern fronds and ivy roots. Luckily, I have found many interesting items…
Camp Like A Girl
A woman's foray into solo camping goes just as expected... magnificently!
Lavender Blue
Sequim is the crown jewel of lavender in Washington state, and it's easy to see why!
This Broom’s Not for Sweeping
An invasive weed, a glorious golden hue; seed pods that crack, and we can never go back...
Licorice Fern
I remember the first time I read the word “licorice fern.” It was stamped clearly into the stone wall of one of the staircases at Multnomah Falls. I had recently emigrated to the west side of Oregon from the high desert of the east side of the state, for school, so I was taking every…
Creek: A Love Story (aka Back to the Beginning)
Local creek in Seattle
Lofoten Vignettes
Shades of turquoise, burgundy and gold abound in the Norwegian archipelago of Lofoten.
Here Be Vikings
... and Vikings be old.
All Hands on Dekk
Misadventures in a campervan - welcome to Norway!