Reflections

Woody Debris Pile, Trask River, Tillamook, Oregon 2/2025 Four miles down river from our home, there is a wooded 1-mile hike called...

Frazil Ice, Trask River, Tillamook , OR, 1/28/2025 Dear Friend,   It was 26 degrees and sunny when Pablo (our 10-year-old dog) and I...

Silvergreen bryum moss, Trask River, Tillamook , OR, 12/2024 Dear Friend,   Where I live, on the 45th parallel, tucked in the forest of...

In 1998, this property was cleared of trees to build a house. Thankfully, the builder had the sense to leave some native trees like the...

Dear Friend,   In July, I started meditating (again). Each morning, weather permitting, I walk the 50 yards from my back door to a small...

The expression, I was today years old when I… could be the subtitle to my life because I’m often just realizing something that others...

The solstice on June 20th, 2024, heralded in summer in the northern hemisphere, but I confess, I’m still deep in spring mode. Spring has...

We moved to this land at the end of October when autumn was in her ultimate performance. Colors changed daily as the chlorophyll in...

Sparks of creativity can happen in quiet moments of being, in between active stages of doing. The challenge is to make time for it. I...