i always think i will come back to something that i missed writing about, but i never actually do. like i thought i would go back and write about our fourth of july, which we spent hiking the waterfalls that pour into the columbia river from the oregon side. but … Continue reading
If you are going camping this weekend or sometime soon and you happen to be near a Trader Joe’s, as I happily happen to find myself again, then you might like to discover, as I have, that you can get several days’ worth of relatively easy and healthy camping meals … Continue reading
After our dinner at home on Saturday, it was off to Othello. Three girls were seeing The Clay Cart which is an ancient Indian play, which they enjoyed, but I cannot imagine having missed Othello. It was the only play of the weekend that was pure Shakespeare, in full Elizabethan … Continue reading
Thankfully for me, my roommate in Ashland was an early morning runner, which of course I am not. So when she left to run I took over the entire bed and slept luxuriously until I just like sitting up and reading my book in bed. I pulled back the curtain … Continue reading
Though I had been looking forward to attending my dear friend’s fortieth birthday party at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for sometime, I did not immediately fall under Ashland’s enchanting powers. The neighboring town of Medford was a perfect nightmare to negotiate. (Looking back, Taido and I decided that Medford is … Continue reading
Ashland, Ashland! Wherefore art thou so far from my homeland? When shall I ever see you again, and under what strange set of circumstances could it possibly pass that I am able to return to your streets? At the end of time when the Lord’s beloved all gather to the … Continue reading
Beachside State Park Oregon Coast We have arrived at the beach. But we are having just a weensy bit different experience from the traditional Arkansan’s week at the beach. It is not just that we are camping. Taido said to me yesterday out of the blue, We are full on … Continue reading
In addition to many different tubs full o junk (very necessary junk), we are also traveling with 5 bicycles. FIVE. Two of them are Taido’s. He sort of has a thing for biking, and I’m sure there is a very good reason that we are traveling with a mountain bike … Continue reading
Our big boy is 11 today. It will be a low key birthday year, which he doesn’t mind so much. He has asked for a trip to Barnes and Noble and some Chinese food. Pretty reasonable really. But he has mentioned several times though that he wishes he could be … Continue reading
Monday, July 14, 2008 Yesterday was another long day of driving around staking out homesteads for the week, but let me tell you that I think we have definitely happened upon something wonderful in the discovery of our current surroundings. We are aided in the tedious process of choosing a … Continue reading
