Life throws changes at you. After a wonderful month at La Pine State Park I came back to Portland for a few days to take care of some business and visit friends. My plan was to then start driving to Montana where I was to meet my brother for a week of exploring Glacier and…
Thursday, September 10, 2020 As I write this half of Oregon is on fire. I am at a campground just outside of Mt. Rainier National Park, backed up to the Ohanapecosh River. It’s peaceful and quiet, the only sounds a squawking jay, the river running 100 yards from my site and the occasional black hawk…
I was on a Zoom call the other day (our new normal) with some folks from the Modern Elder Academy, a retreat/conference that I attended a little over a year ago. The academy is a midlife school for those of us 40+ who want to apply our lived wisdom and to continue to learn and…
I wrote this post from a beautiful state park in Washington on Tuesday. Olive and I were practicing social distancing. Something I realize we’ve gotten pretty good at with our camping and hiking adventures. It felt good to be in nature, if only for a day. My plans to travel are changing, like things for…