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The Weaker Sex - Ha! (Small Rant) in Everyday Ramblings
I am wondering today if we have perhaps done the men in our lives a disservice by being kind and indulging them in the fantasy that they are stronger and more resilient than women. Sure they are...
The Grinch Stole Puddle Town in Everyday Ramblings
It is so dry out there. Which is profoundly weird here in puddle town. And although we had a bit of a break in bad air quality we are back to smoky air full of particulate matter and not good f...
At the Crossroads in Everyday Ramblings
This is the crossroads at the top of the trail where we turned around on our bike ride on Tuesday. On the ride I was trying to estimate based on how I was feeling how much further I could go and...
Rails to Trails and a View with a Room in Everyday Ramblings
This is also from our hike on Saturday. Just look at the way this house is sited! Wow. I love this picture. It has that windswept forlorn feel but with a big city vibe. It also reminds me a bit ...
A Mini Break (With Elevation) in Everyday Ramblings
As, a young teenager one of the first things I wanted to be when I grew up was an elf. Not a house elf like in Harry Potter but an Elf, as in The Lord of the Rings. My brother, and my boyfriend...
Fie on Them! in Everyday Ramblings
This picture is such a startling visual of the fact that most of the fabulous woods I hike in around here are 2nd growth. All logged by the early Anglo settlers in their voracious appetite for w...
But First a Snack? in Everyday Ramblings
Love the lush color here between the green and the dark yellow. This is from a couple of days ago up on the Portland State campus. I normally stay away from getting too worked up about this stu...
Out and About and Not in Everyday Ramblings
I did take a few pictures yesterday when we were hiking in a local state park (that I have only been around the edges in before) but the pictures all came out generic forest with creek looking. ...
Just a Few More and Relief in Everyday Ramblings
Oh gosh I am so relieved, I just talked to a representative of the city/county tax department and she exempted my yoga business from any penalties or taxes for last year and told me how to handl...
Connection, A Sense Of in Everyday Ramblings
His Nibs, Carlo in the sun. Awww. So yesterday I wanted to write specifically about the response on the pushup challenge. After I wrote the post I went to church where I allowed myself to feel ...
Expectations and Expression in Everyday Ramblings
Because of the scheduled workshop yesterday and the fact that Mrs. Sherlock was at the annual Women’s Retreat in the Columbia River Gorge (I bet it was beautiful) we didn’t have our weekly hikin...
Allergies! Whoa Baby in Everyday Ramblings
The weather has been fabulous this week, easy to be out in and most hospitable. Well…except for the allergens. The other morning I was out on the track and after taking an antihistamine and some...
Hopeful Tinkering in Everyday Ramblings
On Sunday I took the train down to Salem to spend the day with Kes, Most Honorable and their cats. After lunch we went for a walk to see the new multi-use bridge (no cars or buses) that links th...
I Need A Proper Vacation in Everyday Ramblings
There. I said it. Mrs. Sherlock purchased a dinner for four; al fresco, on a farm out on Sauvie Island at an auction for this project that supports AIDS work in Africa. It was last night and she...
Sharing and a New Look at Abundance in Everyday Ramblings
Yesterday the weather was mild (as summer goes) and clear (there was valley haze) enough to see the mountains. I always think that hydrangeas symbolize the 4th of July, our big summer holiday, a...
The Best Kind of Adventure in Everyday Ramblings
Yesterday in our further quest to get to know certain neighborhoods in our fair city we went for a “hill walk” on my side of town out of a book. It was the cemetery loop. We started out at a pa...
In Which Noko Practices Being a Curmudgeon, Sort of in Everyday Ramblings
This is Heritage Tree #10; the white oak planted sometime around 1843 that is literally paces from Mrs. Sherlock’s house. I walked past it yesterday morning when I took a break from work and wal...
Developing Antidotes and Applying Others in Everyday Ramblings
In the older house across the street that no one lives in is a nest of starlings. The young ones are out and about now and providing much entertainment for the cats through the various ground vi...
A Romantic Farm House and a Couple of Rants in Everyday Ramblings
For our Saturday morning walk yesterday with Frida we started at a park not far from the last house Mr. Finch lived in; an area that used to be mostly farmland before it became mixed residential...
Better Late Than??? in Everyday Ramblings
The solstice! It was warm and windy and there was sun and clouds and glare out there. Mixed into my celebrations, (it is a big day in the yogic traditions), there was a bit of sorrow, as our day...
It’s My Birthday and I’ll… in Everyday Ramblings
…Run if I want to. You would run too if it appealed to you. Yesterday Kes and I were talking about the things we are passionate about and enjoy. I have a whole list of things. This morning I in...
A Break in the Action? in Everyday Ramblings
I just looked at a weather map of the United States and we are basically the only place not having summer. We have gloomy warmish glare but soon it will clear, they are saying later tonight or t...
Narwhal of the Plant Kingdom? in Everyday Ramblings
I took this Saturday morning out in the drizzle. The lilies are coming on. Yesterday I listened to an interview with a National Geographic photographer who specializes in the Arctic and the Ant...
A New Rabbit Hole, With Trees in Everyday Ramblings
We went for a 3½ mile walk in an intermittent drizzle partially in the neighborhood I used to live in this morning. Frida was full of energy even though we let her run a couple of times. She is ...
Getting Out My Hardhat and Constructing a New Reality in Everyday Ramblings
We had a break in the rain in the evening yesterday and instead of doing something practical like going to the grocery or the gym I went out with my headphones and my camera phone and wandered a...
