Journals of Journeys

40/365: Scream by h pants explosion (on creative hiatus-see profile), on Flickr School started for the Pie Dudes last week Wednesday, two days after we returned from a week long vacation in Ashland, OR and attended several plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  More later.  In fact, that seems to be a bit of […]

When I asked (then emailed) for your input on the memory photo compositions, you came through and helped me with a big decision.  It made it easier to get the job done, as you can see with the end results I’ve posted below.  The size of the photos

The hubby and I are escaping for a few days before the Pie Dudes return home from camp.  I’ll be away from the computer (possibly) and most likely won’t be posting for a couple of days at least.  Enjoy your summer everyone! Z-dude on the mound.  Play ball! 

Second article in a series.  Click [here] to read part one.        So these are the beautiful Oregon Dunes!  Not.  If you click on the pictures, you can see them up close

This is part 1 of an article series. Despite a really bad experience in Oregon several years ago that resulted in a solid year of fighting in court, I decided it was time to leave the past in the past and take the plunge by heading back up the coast into Oregon. Of […]

Hey all. I just got back from dropping the Pie Dudes off at their first residential camp (meaning they’re away from home on their own for a full week at camp).  It was a very, very long 10 hour drive.  Good news: I gassed up on the way back for an unbelievable $4.06 […]

Tired lioness by Tambako the Jaguar, on Flickr The Pie Dudes and I just returned from a week long trip.  I think I might have finally caught up on my sleep, but I’m pretty sure I was looking like the lioness above as the beds felt about as comfortable as that log looks.  Our […]

I just read a post by a fellow MySpace buddy that gave suggestions on how to reach out and offer a helping hand to those affected by the wildfires.  The first item on the list was to call the local fire department and offer to man phone lines or deliver food.  It was, I’m certain, […]

Not As Bad As It Looks by DonnaGrayson, of Flickr Mow your own $&#(!*% lawn.  I’m tired of getting my fingers smashed up on that jerry-rigged starter. 

The Humboldt Fire located between Chico and Paradise, California, is 100% contained as of Monday, June 16th at 6:00 PM.  It consumed just over 23K acres and some reports say there were 74 while I’ve read there were up to 76 homes lost and 20 or so other buildings suffering damage as a result of […]