I wrote this from my own experience… You Know You House Sit A Lot When: 1. The pets think the owners are the house sitters.2. Your client’s keys stay on your key ring all the time.3. You know everyone else’s kitchens better than your own.4. You never have to go grocery shopping because food is …
Today felt like a brief visit from autumn, a hint of those cooler nights with hot chocolate, wrapped up in a quilt and listening to the rain fall. I love every season for it’s own reasons and once in a while, while enjoying one, it’s nice to be reminded of the beauty of another. It …
Lately, I have felt like a balloon animal twisted and turned and unwound all at the same time. Last week was extremely busy and by the end of it, I was completely drained, I didn’t have anything left to give, I felt tight and all twisted up inside. Enter the balloon master. Out of his …
It has now become a running joke amongst my small group in Portland. We meet once a month to talk together about spiritual and emotional growth and for the past several months we have been focusing on the enneagram which we have loved looking at together. For those who know the enneagram, I am a …
As I’ve already posted, the day after I attended North Pacific Yearly Meeting, I attended North West Yearly Meeting and these experiences got me thinking about all the times I’ve spent with other Quakers and what that has been like for me. North West Yearly Meeting was an entirely different experience from the previous day. …
The next afternoon, I geared up for round two. North West Yearly Meeting, the other for our area, was just starting their Yearly Meeting at George Fox University in Newberg, the Evangelical Quaker Mecca. I thought it would be interesting going to the meetings back to back for comparison’s sake. I had arranged to attend …
The place was extremely familiar to me, the event I was going to was not. For weeks I had been talking with people and making connections before attending the North Pacific Yearly Meeting for Quakers. I was looking forward to the event. I had never attended either yearly meeting for my area but was excited …
