Tag Archives: Oregon
The Memento Motori Bit
Happy Happy New Year! So I watched my old Jetta get towed away for good in 2016 – and it made me sadder than I expected. I mean, I know all cars die eventually. But beyond losing the only cassette deck left in my life, it felt like I’d said goodbye to a longtime friend. […]
The Night Before Christmas Bit
‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through my place (One bedroom apartment – a cute little space), Not a creature was stirring – good thing in my rental; Cuz if I had a mouse? I’d go totally mental! Despite all the quiet, sleep still was in vain, For something annoying kept nagging my brain! […]
The Finding Lost Lake Bit
Once upon a bygone Oregon time, there stood an old log cabin on the banks of Lost Lake. My dad and his family would spend weeks at a time there when he was a little boy, and this rustic wilderness sanctuary was very special to them. So special I’ve come to find that although time […]
THE REVISIT BIT (OF TRAVEL, “TREK” AND PUCK)
Well, shoot. After only a month, my post on the geese that took over Mum’s yard is already out of date – the birds moved on! (Everyone’s a critic…) It got me wondering what other of my posts could use refreshing. And since it’s the time of year for reflection, here are a few new […]
THE GREAT ASHLAND MIGRATION BIT
So a flock of geese has migrated in to claim the pond right outside Mum’s home. They make entertaining neighbors – but when they come honking by and wake me up too early, I get some really cranky and uncharitable thoughts. On the upside, these avian invaders also bring to mind very happy memories of […]
THE “DAD DOES HIS BIT” BIT
With the approach of Memorial Day, I’m thinking of those who’ve bravely served in our armed forces – and that includes my dad who was a Marine during World War II. His “hitch” in the Corps turned out to be brief, but every once in a while he’d reminisce about those days and how they helped shape the man he became. […]
THE SERENITY BY THE SEA BIT
I find something fantastically calming about staring out across an ocean. And a favorite place to work on my saltwater woolgathering has been the magnificent stretch of Pacific coastline around Florence, Oregon. My family’s moved on, but I still have business to do there – I just need to remember while I’m at it to stop and smell the […]
