When someone tells me they eat vegan, I sometimes chuckle to myself. I eat vegan, too. I started eating vegany (as I sometimes call it) in a little accidentally-on-purpose kind of way a couple of years ago when I was
Guest Post: Introducing Me, Dinah Dog
How to Make a Macchiato
Start with a coffee shop that knows what a real macchiato is. (Hint: it’s NOT a tall glass filled with caramel and whipped cream on top of some milk and espresso.) Walk inside. Look to see if they list a
Cape Disappointment State Park ~ What a Disappointment!
I can usually find the positive in whatever is going on, no matter what's happening – it's fairly easy for me. But this time, I really had to look harder and dig deeper to find anything that was not disappointing
Spring Flowers
Every year, spring brings such gorgeous flowers with it, especially to the Pacific Northwest where it rains for most of the year. With amazing colors and shapes, all that water from the sky does some beautiful work with the plants,
One Year Later – the Spirit of Louise the Cat is Still Here
It's been just a year since Louise the Cat decided to hitch a ride on Venus as it transited the sun and leave Dinah Dog and me on our own. (I wrote a tribute to my little intrepid traveller back
Fort Stevens – Just One Part of the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
A few years ago, the National Park Service collaborated with the states of Washington and Oregon to create a new park – the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. This new park encompasses numerous sites along the Columbia River and


