Reflections

Western red Cedar, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership, Tillamook, OR, April 2025 Earlier this month, my husband and I joined 20 others who...

Before my walk, I set an intention to open to receive messages from the natural world so that I can share them here with you. When the...

Woody Debris Pile, Trask River, Tillamook, Oregon 2/2025 Four miles down river from our home, there is a wooded 1-mile hike called...

Frazil Ice, Trask River, Tillamook , OR, 1/28/2025 Dear Friend,   It was 26 degrees and sunny when Pablo (our 10-year-old dog) and I...

Silvergreen bryum moss, Trask River, Tillamook , OR, 12/2024 Dear Friend,   Where I live, on the 45th parallel, tucked in the forest of...

In 1998, this property was cleared of trees to build a house. Thankfully, the builder had the sense to leave some native trees like the...

Dear Friend,   In July, I started meditating (again). Each morning, weather permitting, I walk the 50 yards from my back door to a small...

The expression, I was today years old when I… could be the subtitle to my life because I’m often just realizing something that others...

The solstice on June 20th, 2024, heralded in summer in the northern hemisphere, but I confess, I’m still deep in spring mode. Spring has...