Today’s Walk: Remembering Mom & Her Connection to the Women’s Movement

For over a week now I’ve been stumbling across memorials that other people have publicly displayed. Baxter and I found a blue gift box on this morning’s walk. Inside the blue box is an explanation of a very touching tribute to one person’s lost family members (see the four pics below). I opened the box …

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Today’s Walk: Trillium Falls Trail

Friday July 17, 2020 About 20 minutes north of our home is my favorite hike in Redwood National and State Parks, the Trillium Falls Trail. The trail is a 3 mile loop that takes you up in elevation 400 ft thru a beautiful old growth forest of Redwood trees. The site is a former mill …

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Today’s Kayak: Big Lagoon & Maple Creek

Experts suggest you vary your workouts rather than always doing the same thing. My new routine is mixing my daily walks with paddling. Instead of walking the trails today we took to the water at Big Lagoon and the adjacent Maple Creek. My brother in-law Craig and sister-in-law Michelle joined us. We started out in …

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Missed Opportunity: What I Wished I Knew

Sunday May 17, 2020 I wished I’d asked more questions. After my mother’s death it occurred to me that I never asked enough questions about my family history. I am the descendant of 3 immigrant grandparents with a paternal grandmother whose lineage goes back to the Mayflower. I know little about my mother’s parents and …

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