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. …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
Left Coast Dreams: Getting Lost, Finding Self
So fellow travelers, as mentioned in my previous post, I was returning to Portland to fill in a connection I did not even realize was missing. Self portrait. Lone Fir Cemetery Portland Our first Portland trip was an amazing experience. So amazing, I think over the past year I had begun to doubt the reality of …
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Left Coast Dreams: Just Getting There is an Adventure
So fellow travelers, since I didn’t transcribe the journal notes about our first trip to Portland (the posts I intended to write just never gelled to my satisfaction) this series will be a happy blend of both experiences. In the process of compiling photos and notes from this year’s expedition I became aware our return …
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Left Coast Dreams: The Space In Between
So fellow travelers, often my creative process brings something from deep within to the surface. To move forward on the path requires I stop and be fully present with what has been too long neglected. Mindfulness, while not always easy, is essential. Awareness brings hope, healing and peace. Neither Here nor There in …
Left Coast Dreams : A Changing Landscape
So fellow travelers, today is my solar return, aka birthday, which I am celebrating in one of my favorite places with some of my favorite people. Once a year the Sun returns to the same degree of its 360* journey where it was at your birth, hence the name solar return. I like the term. …