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 […]
All posts for the year 2015
Left Coast Dreams: Vintage, Vinyl and Bon Voyage
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 15, 2015
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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 […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 13, 2015
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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 […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 12, 2015
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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? […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 10, 2015
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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. […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 5, 2015
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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 […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 4, 2015
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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 […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 3, 2015
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Left Coast Dreams: Trailing Thoughts
So fellow travelers, “When the Rational part of our mind becomes too dominant our entire focus stays trained on our needs and accomplishments. Everything becomes stressful, competitive and ultimately unfulfilling because we believe we have to skew everything to fit those needs.” Angelic Messenger Cards by Meredith Young-Sowers. “I went to the woods because I […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on August 2, 2015
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Left Coast Dreams: Lost in Wildwood
So fellow travelers, come with me to a land of pure imagination (cue Willy Wonka Theme.) One of the finds I came across last year while treasure hunting in Portland was the children’s novel Wildwood. Written by local musician Colin Meloy (lead singer of the Decemberists) I first discovered the book in Powell’s, but did not […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 31, 2015
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Left Coast Dreams: The Power of Books
So fellow readers, once upon a time a little six year old girl wandered into a tiny corner shop she often walked by on her way home from school. She was greeted by a kind woman sitting at a large desk, who explained this “shop” was a magical place called “Library” where one could read […]
Posted by Deborah H Rahalski on July 30, 2015
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