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Sitka Sedge, A Cleansing

September 21, 2020November 19, 2020 / riversandroadspdx / 1 Comment

Sitka Sedge State Natural Area is described as "rarely visited" - just the ticket for a tired and anxious soul needing a clean breath of air.

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Smoke in My Eyes

September 13, 2020 / riversandroadspdx / 7 Comments

I had a blog post all ready to go, but it was full of blue sky and soft sea breezes, crashing waves and soaring pelicans. I just can't bring myself to post it amidst this unsettling, almost apocalyptic scenario laid out before me, with so much suffering, loss, discomfort, and confusion all around.

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Adaptation

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 / riversandroadspdx / 9 Comments

Adaptation comes little by little, accepting what I must, embracing what I can, trying to not tip over. I can do this, I can do this. I have no choice.

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Walk Look See Write

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 / riversandroadspdx / 1 Comment

This week I'm looking to see or hear what the trees are trying to tell me, They are stark and dramatic now, and their personalities revealed without the extravagance of leaves. The trees' rain-darkened bones stand out clearly, accentuated against the skies' lighter backdrop.

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Eastside Westside

December 26, 2019December 24, 2019 / riversandroadspdx / 11 Comments

Eastsider? Westsider? These terms are new to me, but it makes sense. The Oregon Cascades Mountains create a great divide running along the length of the state with two different climates, economies, lifestyles, and politics - all the things that make a life.

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The Equinox Blues Turns Yellow and Red

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 / riversandroadspdx / 10 Comments

It's one of those sparkly days between rains as the sun came out again (note to self: AS IT DOES) .... The mid-October gift of sunshine makes me feel like the Grinch as his heart grows three sizes bigger.

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Equinox Part I

October 16, 2019 / riversandroadspdx / 11 Comments

Usually my feelings about Fall here in the Pacific Northwest are more mixed; excited about cooler mornings, rain in the garden, digging out warm clothes while mourning the end of languid days, sleeveless shirts, warm skin, and thriving gardens. Instead, I was fighting inevitable change, a losing battle.

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Sprung

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 / riversandroadspdx / 5 Comments

When we first arrived in Portland our son warned us that spring was actually several seasons in one - fake spring, late winter, early spring, summer, real spring, winter again, and so on.

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Embracing the Seasons at Elk Rock Garden

February 25, 2019 / riversandroadspdx / Leave a comment

Winter teases with a promise of renewal as new growth pops up, often subtle but sometimes shouting out loud. There really is reason to go outside.

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Train Tracks to Nowhere

November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 / riversandroadspdx / 2 Comments

An old railroad is given new life, and a reminder to mix life's sweetness with the challenges.

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