This is a shameless ploy to get you to vote for my picture in my local paper’s photography contest! I was one of the daily winners for the Oregon State Fair photography contest, as I told you about in a previous post, and all the finalists are now being voted on for the final winner! …
You’ve probably heard the idea that things come in threes. This afternoon, the third shoe dropped in the form of a phone call from my friend Stacey who asked me if I wanted to participate in a show at the Elsinore Theatre here in Salem. Truth be told, I have been looking forward to having …
I thought this was funny, I saw it done on another blog so my roommate and I each tried it out. Here are my answers. Put your music player on shuffle. Press forward for each question. Use the song title as the answer to the question. Post on your blog. Comment back if you post …
My roommate decided to take revenge on her very innocent roommate who never mentions her in her blog by creating a blog of her own. SO, the battle is on. Well, two can play at this game. She says in her posting she started it because I didn’t want to hear all her ranting. NOT …
This last week I was asked by the Willamette Chapter of North Pacific Yearly Meeting, a Quaker group, to be on a panel at their Quarterly meeting discussing the future of Friends and to hold an interest group on the discussion. I am asked to go as a diplomat, at first from Multwood, a cross …
I promised myself not to cheat on my newsletter this month meaning I didn’t take it off of here and repost it there. I actually wrote a new one just for the website! :o) To see it, you can go to www.SpiritWaterPublications.com. Enjoy!
This is the face I got to see walking toward me for a hug at the end of my day. After all that time at work, she put a huge smile on my face. I openly admit, Gabreella has a bit more of her Aunt Sarah’s heart every time I see her. After the hug, …
I write you as my roommate is sitting in our living room squealing over the nine boxes of books I brought home yesterday. They are left over from our meeting’s rummage sale and I am giving these away to different people who want them. (Reply to this post if you want to come by and …
This was written off a dream I had last night that has stayed in my head with questions surrounding it. It feels good to be writing poetry again. Dream Interpretation Images of terror,Times since long past,Hearts that were broken,Chains that were castLeft me with dreams in the night,Asking what have I done,Torn apart the innocent,Accusing …
In the spring I did a photo shoot at the capital. The pink cherry blossoms were beautiful, great pictures. I really liked the shots of the petals and hail together on the sidewalks underneath the trees. (Yes, I got caught in a hail storm in April taking those photos!) This day was all blue sky! …
