Life Amongst the Landscape, Unexpected Inspiration, Life as Art, Travel and More
We are having glorious weather on the Northcoast this week. Maybe that will bode well for the fishermen/women who are braving the high seas to bring in fresh Dungeness Crab. Today is the first day they can legally pull their pots and Trinidad Pier was full of activity as the distribution trucks began to load …
I’m always looking for new experiences, especially ones that involve public art. Yesterday my sisters and I were chauffeured around by our Uncle as we followed Trail # 3 of the Tualatin Valley Quilt Barn Trail just west of Portland, Oregon. We had a blast! Highlighting historic barns and buildings with hand painted quilt patterns …
Continue reading Today’s Auto Tour: Tualatin Valley Quilt Barn Trail
While taking our usual spin down & around Trinidad Head I was impressed and inspired by someone I don’t know. This morning there was a younger than me woman on the same trail who, instead of walking a dog, was pushing a jogging stroller that carried a toddler. I watched with fascination as this very …
Today’s walk was a loop around the San Francisco Presidio site. My daughter and I went looking for the elusive Mountain Lake. After trekking around on the eucalyptus forested trails for 4.41 miles, we didn’t find the lake but instead viewed artist Andy Goldsworthy’s Spire installation and the San Francisco National Cemetery. I had seen …
Continue reading Today’s Walk: Art & Women’s History Amongst a Hillside of Stone
I’ve been thinking about my Mother a lot lately. I miss her and for whatever reason different moments in time trigger memories that bring her to the forefront of my thoughts. It’s been nine years since she passed away from pancreatic cancer at age 70. Lately my thoughts have been about where she was at …
My mother was a first generation American who was born in the United States in 1941. Both her parents were Ukrainian immigrants who emigrated to the USA (separately and meeting later) when they were each 18 years old. As a child, my mother started her life in an inner city Chicago household that primarily spoke …
Continue reading Words of Wisdom: Honoring Our Ancestors and the Value of the Language We Use
This morning we got our first real frost of the season. As Baxter and I took our spin around the headland it was 37 degrees. I was armed with a layer of fleece and gloves. Crisp mornings like this are great for clearing your mind and pushing chaos away. I suspect we will all need …
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 …
Continue reading Today’s Walk: Remembering Mom & Her Connection to the Women’s Movement
Last night the world was notified of the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG). RBG fought for our civil rights making it clear that women’s rights were part of civil rights. She gave a great fight against the cancer that ultimately took her life at 87 years of age. I know that …
Continue reading Today’s Walk: RIP RBG & Respite via Walking
Saturday June 6, 2020 My Childhood hero’s were British Primatologist Jane Goodall, Cultural Anthropologist Margaret Mead, my maternal grandmother Pauline Michanco and our neighbor Ms. Ruth Winchell. My maternal grandmother Parascevia Hrycak (maiden name) or Pauline Michanco (married name) made a big impact on me as a child. She was a survivor and an independent …
Continue reading Fulfilling Childhood Dreams With American Samoa
Perspectives From My Trail 