August makes me a little antsy. School supplies are out in stores, and that means the beginning of a new year in education is right around the corner. From experience I know that if you wait to buy the supplies until you actually need them, all you will have left to choose from will be a half…
Tag: Oregon
Love in the Time of COVID – A Photographic Essay
If you subscribe to my monthly newsletter, you will have already read this post. If not, please enjoy. This December, instead of posting just my annual gift guide, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back through my phone and put together an essay of the year 2020, and what it was like living…
5-Minute Newsletter || June, 2020
He’s the hardest person to shop for…until now.
February, 2020
Open! Open!
Do I have something fun for you in here? Do I EVER!
The 5-Minute Newsletter || January 2019
Psst! Hey guys: did you know you can receive this newsletter directly to your email inbox every month? Yep, it’s true! Just sign up for my mailing list at the end of the post. ~ Cheers! Happy New Year! How can it be 2019 already? I remember when I was in high school and the…
Where to hike in Oregon in 2019
Last year I couldn’t wait for winter to end so I could get outside and do some hiking in this beautiful state of mine. After all, hiking provided me with the basis to write my first novels, and it remains one of my most favorite outdoor activities (second only to paddle boarding). In the dreary…
Who cares what other people think?
For weeks I’ve been driving past this field of sunflowers on my way to #dundeeoregon. The first time I passed it, I knew right away I wanted to photograph it. The setting just seemed so perfectly framed against the hills, and the sunflowers…well, how can you dislike the beauty of a flower that just looks…
Hiking Black Butte – the inspiration for the romance novel, “Lost in the Right Direction”.
The first time I hiked Black Butte, I thought I actually might die. It was mid-day, near the end of summer, and it was HOT. My husband and I were headed home from a weekend trip to Sunriver, Oregon, and as we neared the butte we made a last-minute decision to make the hike. In…