Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA I wrote previously about the situation with my youngest brother, The Listener. He worked for us for 17 years. I hired him out of college at 24. I fired him seven months ago. A lot happened in both our lives during the time he worked for our … Continue reading Taking the hit
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For the love of road trips, part 4
I should really just call these posts California road trips. Although I have done a lot of road trips outside the west coast, this year has been all about California. That’s okay, because I really like California. I was home for eight weeks, just enough time to experience a freak April snowstorm 😮, finally close … Continue reading For the love of road trips, part 4
For the love of road trips, part 3
I spent January in Ojai, California where I found a little mid century bungalow fixer upper to buy as a winter home. I spent February in Ojai solidifying purchase of said bungalow, a hellish experience for sure as the sellers needed to sell, for financial reasons, but one of the sellers really didn't want to … Continue reading For the love of road trips, part 3
For the love of road trips, part 2
Continuing the conversation from back in December.... The Peacemaker and I got up early so we could get in a nice hike before leaving this gorgeous area of California (the redwood forest, not the town of Orick). We actually did 2 hikes that day, in 2 different forests. I’m just so mesmerized by these trees. … Continue reading For the love of road trips, part 2
For the love of road trips, part 1
All those weeks ago (when I started this post it was weeks ago, but those weeks have turned into months) we all left Portland in the middle of a snow event. It sounds like I am running away from our traditional Portland winter, which by the way is nothing like winter in much of the … Continue reading For the love of road trips, part 1
I’m still in Ojai 🙂
Oil Painting Still Life practice in my little Ojai studio. A visit that was supposed to last a month, is now well into week eight. Blue Eyes visited me for a weekend in January and unfortunately he arrived on the day Thich Nhat Hanh passed, so, much of his time was spent watching footage of … Continue reading I’m still in Ojai 🙂
Birthday Road Trip: Santa Cruz to Ojai and back home
Although our California birthday road trip was great fun, it was months ago. I’m going to wrap things up so I can get more current. We departed Elk, on the Northern California coast, and headed inland, briefly. We stopped at a fun drive-in for lunch. Pick’s Drive-in, Cloverdale, CA (Blue Eyes loves beef) We made … Continue reading Birthday Road Trip: Santa Cruz to Ojai and back home
Birthday Road Trip: Elk, California
Hwy 101 We headed south from Gold Beach on a beautiful Tuesday morning in May. All went very smoothly for about an hour. We were just south of Crescent City, California when we came upon a flagger with a stop sign. The motor home in front of us started turning around right there on Highway … Continue reading Birthday Road Trip: Elk, California
Birthday Road Trip: Gold Beach
Where has the time gone? It’s mid-October already? Crazy!!! I started the below post end of August, what??? I write about “detoxing” after my sister’s rehab. Well, apparently I didn’t detox nearly enough because I suffered for weeks with something I couldn’t define, sores on my back and my head, and a horrid ear infection … Continue reading Birthday Road Trip: Gold Beach
The American Southwest, part ten
Once we arrived Springdale, Utah, gateway to Zion National Park, we realized a few things. First, there were A LOT of tourists at this location. Potentially more than all the other places we had visited, combined. Second, we needed a way to get in to the park (the choices at this time of year are … Continue reading The American Southwest, part ten
try not to cry on my rainbow 