Portage

WordPress has just informed me that this is my 135th post and I have been blogging for nine years. Although I have been posting fairly regularly this still took me by surprise. What exactly have I chronicled in nine years of blogging and 135 posts? A lot can happen in nine years. A lot of…

Homecoming

Healing from serious illness is a journey. Actually, healing from the treatment of serious illness is probably more accurate. I wasn’t yet aware of the serious illness until it was detected on a routine test so my healing is more from the havoc the treatment wrought on my body getting rid of it than the…

Three Red Roses

The Summer Solstice is today. Time has been slippery for me ever since the pandemic so it’s kind of crazy to realize that we are in summer again after the year my family has just had. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we crave the sun. Notoriously famous for being a rainy state, fellow citizens celebrate…

Spring Snow

Spring in the Pacific Northwest is a glorious thing. Every tree, plant, and flower blooms in a cacophony of glory, life, and brilliance in every color of the rainbow. All of these beautiful trees and bushes sport various shades of green throughout the year so it is a lovely surprise when a red or purple…

More Than This

On NPR last week, I listened to an interview with Phil Manzanera, lead guitarist for the rock band Roxy Music. Roxy Music celebrated their rock and roll legacy by embarking on a 50th Anniversary Tour this past fall. Listening to the interview sparked a cascade of memories of my time in the late 70s, living…

Total Eclipse

It’s hard for me to wrap my head around that fact that it is already mid-November, although it is my favorite month for personal reasons. The year seems to be progressing with fleeting speed and I have felt the days flow by like water spilling through my fingers. One of the things I have wondered…