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  • Winter Walk in NE Portland

    Winter Walk in NE Portland

    Today I spent the afternoon walking around NE Portland and enjoying the many flowering winter plants along the way. I also found my first crocus of the year, which is my mid-winter reminder that spring is not far away! I love the Pacific Northwest. Every season is so full of color and life, even in…

  • A Walk to North Portland: Poetry, Spring Flowers, and Empty Streets

    A Walk to North Portland: Poetry, Spring Flowers, and Empty Streets

    I always find it interesting how many people will drive long distances to go hiking, but many of those same people won’t walk long distances in their own cities. For me, most of inner Portland can be accessed on foot, and I think that a two, three, four, or even eight mile walk across the…

  • The Perpetual Vagabond is Back!

    The Perpetual Vagabond is Back!

    Hello Dear Readers! I began this blog in May of 2011, while reading Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way, a book about discovering or recovering our creativity. At that time, I was not only unaware of that fact that creativity was something I had lost, but I also came to understand how that loss was…

  • Grief, Love, and Remembrance

    Grief, Love, and Remembrance

    A few days ago I found myself standing in front of the memorial for the victims of the racist, violent attack that happened last week on a MAX train in Portland. I stood there and cried, while other people did the same. Portland has always been my home, but standing there made me feel like…

  • What is Portland? A Poem

    I wrote this poem in response to a prompt on the Blog, Mismanaging Perceptions, which can also be found on the following link: http://www.mismanagingperception.com/what-is-portland-response-1/What is Portland?  What is Portland? A Poem. Portland is cherry blossoms during a warm snap in February That brings everyone out of their homes To revel in what is quickly described…

  • In Search of Adventure Abroad and Community at Home: Thoughts on Being a Vagabond

    I am a vagabond; that much is clear to me. But I am also drawn to building creative and meaningful community at home. This makes me feel torn on a near constant basis and the process of fuzing these two realities together seems to be more alchemy than a hard science. At least I have…

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