So fellow travelers, haiku time! Bamboo shadows sketch Ink lines on glorious light Happy hour moon Walk gently on the path my friends and may adventure find you ready.
Deborah H Rahalski
Tokyo : Hell Hath No Fury
So fellow travelers, they say it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity that gets you. So far both, viciously aided by jet lag, have made the first few days here in Tokyo pure hell. Three days of nausea, blinding headache and crushing fatigue have been sheer torture while trying to navigate the city’s complex transit …
Deborah H Rahalski
Left Coast Dreams: Epilogue
So fellow travelers, endings bring beginnings. Self portrait in Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland OR Having had the chance to return to Portland, I now understand why I bogged down last year trying to write about our first trip. The two trips really were book ends of one larger experience. I could not put words …
Deborah H Rahalski
Left Coast Dreams: Vintage, Vinyl and Bon Voyage
So fellow travelers, when things get rough, tough girls go shopping right? Oh the vintage shops of PDX! They are gloriously packed with treasures waiting to be found I have already informed my husband we will ship very little when we move here. I intend to furnish my retirement cottage from the wares of …
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Deborah H Rahalski
Drifting
So fellow travelers, so much to do as departure day edges closer. Found myself unable to focus on anything for long today, wandering from laundry room to garden to my desk. A little packing, lots of weeding, attempts at writing ( I will get the PDX series done before Tokyo!) Even a good long walk …
Deborah H Rahalski
Left Coast Dreams: Castles in the Sand
So fellow travelers, the tides turn imperceptibly. One moment two kids are playing in the sand somehow moments become years and those two little girls have become young women setting out on their own. Camping at the beach has become the kids’ (aka favorite oldest daughter and son-in-law) best weekend getaway and they were eager …
Deborah H Rahalski
Left Coast Dreams: Coast to Coast
So fellow travelers, grab some sunscreen and flip flops, we are headed for the beach. At the beginning of this series, I referenced a quote from one of my favorite writers Jacob Glass. Stop chasing joy, live it. Is there a better place to find, live and breathe in joy than being by the ocean? …
Deborah H Rahalski
Left Coast Dreams: a Brief Hiatus
So fellow travelers, a line of intense thunderstorms rolled through yesterday. Temps and humidity dropped significantly overnight. When I walked out to my pond for my morning meditation I was startled by the feeling of Autumn in the air. It felt like September and I am not ready for it to be September, not yet. …
Deborah H Rahalski
Left Coast Dreams: Lost in Thought
So fellow travelers, moment by moment, I am discovering even more than magic in PDX. As tired as we were, we had to laugh when we realized we had walked right past what we were looking for. I am blessed to have a family with a pretty decent sense of humor. Still, I was not …
Deborah H Rahalski
Left Coast Dreams: Running Amok in Tillamook
So fellow travelers, I am about to uncharacteristically ignore 90 percent of everything I know to do when hiking. We arrived in good time at Tillamook Forest Center, greeted by the old fire tower, which actually has a live webcam mounted on it so people can check on their favorite forest view anytime online. There’s …
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