So… Instagram is my new addiction! Now you can follow online if you are smartphone deprived or a Twitter resistor (no judgement; I was one for ages)
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
Flowers at New Season…
…americano at Tula…
…new houseplants ?
Symphonic Sunday
Sunday: Ohlsson Plays Mozart at the Schnitzer Concert Hall, Downtown Portland
Writers Mag 2012
Writers2012 UP’s student work literary magazine: poetry, prose, visual arts For the second year now, I’ve been working as a editor for UP’s “Writers” magazine. I love the process of it–in the past year I’ve really fallen in love with … Continue reading
What a Week Looks Like
Sometimes time just seems to slip by, and all that stand out are snapshots – little moments that seem to stick with you, an image or smell or certain jump in the heart. Here are a few moments from my … Continue reading
St. John’s Bridge
If you live in Portland, you know it. If you live in North Portland you probably love it as one of the (only) beautiful things in this area. There are the iconic pictures framed and sold at almost every Saturday Market stand, and those pics we’ve all snapped with our camera phone, and the time we discovered the view beneath it where the supports arch to form a perfect frame around that one solitary tree that blooms bright chartreuse in the early summer…
the St. John’s Bridge
…In belated honor of St. Patrick’s day last weekend, here’s a fun fact:
On St. Patrick’s day in 1931, county officials announced that the bridge would be painted green!
It was originally built in response to the need for transportation–at the time the only option up north was a ferry that carried about 1,000 cars daily. In the 21st century, almost 24,000 cars are using the bridge daily.
Most impressive of all to us now: it was completed one million dollars under its budget. It’s been the site of one notorious murder, countless photo shoots, and a gateway to Forest Park.
I don’t think I’m alone in saying that this is my favourite bridge in Portland.
Wanderlust Playlist
On my way back to CA from the far away world of the Southern United States, I found myself taking an extra hiatus in Atlanta. Missing my flight to LAX (and then Sacramento) by jus a few minutes, I was ushered into a line of very angry people in various states of distress. One Delta care package, 2 meal vouchers, and a shuttle ride later, I was in a much-too-big hotel room at the Quality Hotel with plenty of cable channels and a chicken caesar from Starbucks.
Hello Portland,
It’s good to be home Of course, it snowed today…then it rained, and rained…and then it looked like this! That is why I love this city Class again tomorrow…really?
What I learned in kindergarten
… “The Kindness Post” …
“As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.”
Caroline Kennedy
“Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.”
Annie Lennox
“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.”
Og Mandino
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
