Retreat

more like respite... from all the demands of parenting and partnering and shuttling and shuffling that make up my life. I took the train to Seattle to meet my dear friend Amy for a lovely day of sight seeing, dining, shopping, and talking. Mostly talking. We have an easy banter that I treasure. Our conversations roam effortlessly from politics to parenting, from living consciously to hedonistic food finds.


After a fabulous dinner at Palace Kitchen, the setting sun turned granite to gold.




Featured above are pictures of my mmmMojito and an amazing spin on deviled eggs - we'd almost eaten the whole plate before I grabbed my camera to take the picture ;)

Opal Creek

This is my kind of place! Gemstones in the name - yeah baby!

I spent three days chaperoning my son's class in the Opal Creek Ancient Forest. Pristine, never-been-logged, old-growth forest in the Central Oregon Cascades near Detroit Lake. Absolutely gorgeous - such diversity of life in this place - it feels sacred.

Avalanche lilies grow in carpets of moss clinging to steep hillsides above the raging water