So, I feel like I need to give a refund of everything you’ve ever paid as a reader of my blog. Your satisfaction guaranteed, or your money back, you know…but please don’t tell me if you are satisfied when the blog goes silent. I don’t …
Read MoreBasketball!
Tomorrow begins march madness, one of my favorite fun times of the year! Read past stuff here…and if you’re interested in joining (before 8 am PDT Thursday morning) here’s the scoop: STEP 1: Click this link to go directly to my group. You can enter …
Read MoreHigh School Orientation
Fourteen years ago, pregnant with our first child, Elaine and I began a birthing class at the old Newberg Hospital. Our friends Shawn and Katrina joined us in the same group, and what a group it was. There was the romance novel writer and her …
Read MoreBeen blogging in my head…
…and now I’m making time to write it down. When I read on Saturday that President Bush had vetoed the anti-torture bill passed by Congress, I about blew a gasket. Here’s the thing: we can disagree politically, we can disagree about what’s best to do …
Read MoreHumor doesn’t always help
There are times when the best thing to help me get over a horrible or embarrassing experience is to attempt comedy in a blog post. Sometimes, it’s a therapeutic balm to my soul. But I’ve been trying, in my head, to write the salvific post …
Read MoreLife focus reminder
He plucks the world out of our hearts, loosing the chains of attachment. And he hurls the world into our hearts, where we and he together carry it in infinitely tender love. For several years, these sentences greeted me from the door of my office …
Read MoreAubrey’s ride
Being sick meant this week has been extremely busy, trying to catch up. But when I get to the weekend, I know how to have a good time! Last night, friends invited Elaine and me to go see Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” at the Portland Center …
Read MoreI had plans
I had plans to blog this weekend. I really did. But I am fighting illness, and my plans have been shelved. Maybe later this week!
Read MoreHonoring Presidents
Today, I honored the presidents by: sleeping in returning bottles and cans ($12.65!) running and taking more pictures.
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