Oregon Spring

I've been taking loads of pictures lately, just no time to post. Here's a selection the last week or so. Some of the dates are wrong, typos, ya know. But just in case spring is late in your part of the world, enjoy these pictures. Not much else going on. Still working with CreateSpace to …

Revenants Abroad – Chapter 20

Oops. Forgot to post here that Chapter 20 went up on Wattpad yesterday! It's a longer one, so I wanted to give everyone who's following along there plenty of time to read before the next chapter goes up Wednesday. Not much opportunity for pictures the last few days. It's been raining almost non-stop, but some …

The Bluest Sky

(with apologies to Toni Morrison)     Winter here is like the long dark of Moria, and we don't have Gandalf to lead us through it. Seeing sun and blue sky after all the rains lately is cause for celebration. Have courage, wherever you are. The sun is still there, I've seen it! A Prayer …

Amazing Spring

Why are we always so amazed when bulbs start to grow, and trees start to bud in the spring? Do we always doubt that spring is really coming? Do we think spring has something better to do than arrive? And yet every year I find myself marveling like a child when I notice the trees …

Hello Spring

...Not.   Of course it's been POURING rain for days, so everything was already dripping wet with huge puddles and street flooding. Now it's below freezing, so everything is iced over. I'M SO GLAD I DON'T HAVE A LONG COMMUTE TO WORK TODAY!! My neighbor's daffodils are all laying on the ground. Most of mine …