"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in FRIENDS on Oct 13th, 2022
I spent a few nights as Kathleen’s house and she took me around Picton. We did some cider tasting and I got to eat my first butter tart. Yum! We took a little (and free!) ferry across a part of the lake and drove to Kingston one night, to dance Irish reels outdoors under a […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Oct 13th, 2022
Kathleen had to work so I took the subway and walked to Casa Loma. It was a terrific property and grounds to walk through. After that, I took the subway and walked to St. Lawrence Market. I had lunch here, then took the subway back and rested at the room I had rented in the […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Oct 13th, 2022
After my weekend with my MH friends, I met up with my Irish language friend Kathleen. We had yet to meet in person, but have spent many hours on Zoom, practicing Irish together. We drove to her friend, Jackie’s, house and then set out to explore Toronto. We walked the waterfront, then a neighborhood called […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Oct 12th, 2022
I have belonged to an online mom’s group since I was pregnant with Alex. What began as a huge online public bulletin board that crossed the world, with women due to have a child January 2003, has morphed into a precious group of 61 women on a secret Facebook page. We connect regularly via social […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Sep 20th, 2022
It was a super long day but we packed it in! Id rove from Manzanita to Portland and picked up Lola. We drove out to Dayton and toured the Durant Olive Mill. We walked their grounds and had an olive oil tasting, then walked a trail that went around their whole property. After that, we […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Sep 19th, 2022
This is the story of two friends. Upper Elementary/Lower Jr. High best friends to be exact. Kim and I spent after school together pretty much every day at her house. So many memories revolve around us pretending we were Ann and Nancy Wilson from the band, Heart. (She was Ann, I was Nancy). We would […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Sep 17th, 2022
A dream come true. Michelle and I have been planning this trip since we were little girls. We originally planned to go on a cruise to celebrate our 50th birthday and 50 years of friendship. But as that time approached, we decided to go to Ireland instead. A few issues with cancer and the covid […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Feb 13th, 2022
My friend Michelle serves with me with the women’s retreats we create with Bev Bradley. She and her husband were going to be in Oregon and I took them on a day trip to explore the coast. We drove up to Astoria and drove around there, then had lunch at McMenamin’s Sand Trap Pub in […]
Posted in FRIENDS on Jan 13th, 2022
A lovely evening with my sweet friends. We had dinner at my place, then we walked to a nearby neighborhood to see all the lights!
Posted in FRIENDS on Dec 31st, 2021
Lori and I met early for dinner at Bar 101, then headed up to Auburn for the Rend Collective concert. They taught us a few sayings from Northern Ireland and a nice chat before the concert started. It was a sweet night and it had been a long time sense we had connected.