Creativity & Wellness Adventures

  I'm playing a bit of catch up since my trip in early September before the blanket of toxic smoke rolled over to the Oregon coast on Sept 9th & 10th from the devastating fires in California, Oregon and Washington. I missed the crazy wind storm that my upstairs renters, neighbors and friends told me about which had a lot to do with the severity and numbers of fires and inability for firefighters to do much to prevent the destruction. I was a firefighter in the forest service for two seasons after I got out of college back in the 1980'sthat , but we didn't have the degree of climate change we have now. I learned a lot from that experience and have a great respect for the firefighters.  Today, I'm counting my blessings and feeling very lucky to have made it home from my trip without delay and that I had (and have) a home to come back to. I realize how life can all change in such a short time though it also moves slowly.  It's been a shocking realization that so ma...

My husband and I left Portland yesterday, spent the night in Yachats and have made our way to Bandon, Oregon. I booked a room at the Bandon Marina Inn which seems pretty nice except we can hear the next door neighbors, which isn't great, but whatever. We ate a very tasty meal at the Loft which I highly recommend. I had fish and chips both perfectly fried, a fresh, crisp, lightly dressed coleslaw and a very colorful strawberry-mango slushy margarita and my husband had a homemade bacon swiss burger with a Seven Devils Brewing IPA. We took a walk on the pier nearby and then drove out to watch the sunset. This trip is helping us both renew our relationship. It's good to be out of Portland.