by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 18, 2012 | Adventure, Children, Community, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, School Days, The Extraordinary Ordinary, West Linn news, Youth
So, my twins and I are up late watching the snow accumulate as God is blanketing the street and the house and the yard in a blanket of soft white. And the twins who are 14 say, “Mom, it’s really sticking and there must be an inch at least and they will at...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 16, 2011 | Adventure, Children, Culture, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Muse Student publication, Parenting, Portland Oregon and beyond Adventures with Kids, The Extraordinary Ordinary
I celebrate life. I celebrate building sand castles on slow silver and blue-sky days and seeing my children hanging out with one another. I celebrate decorating the Christmas tree with family and friends where every ornament tells a story. I celebrate big monuments...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 3, 2011 | Culture, Gratitude, Kids, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, School Days, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
It’s like he’s returning home to family. After leaving Rosemont Ridge Middle School in 2004 for teaching positions in Beaverton, then Banks, band instructor and director Ronald LaGrone returns to the West Linn school to lead sixth- through eighth-grade...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 21, 2011 | Author/Speaking Events, Authors, Christianity, Church, Communication, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Faith. Culture. The Arts Connection, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Outreach, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection
For this month’s Writers Connection Thursday Sept. 22, we make our annual trek to the Oregon State Penitentiary for a Writing Outreach. We will present essays on the topics of 1) Re-entry into Society 2) Does rehabilitation work? 3) Second Chance – What do you...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 10, 2011 | Church, Community Service, Faith, Faith and Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach
By Cornelia Seigneur – Special to The Oregonian When Michelle Therrell reflects on the labyrinth walks offered at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility every other Monday, she gets teary-eyed. “A lot of people say when you come to prison you find...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 18, 2011 | Adventure, Adventure with Kids Summer 2011, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Moms, Oregon and beyond Adventures with kids, Parenting, The Extraordinary Ordinary
So, my nephew Burkhard from Germany knows I am doing this Summer 2011 Weekly Adventure with Kids blog, and as we are experiencing Week Number 9, climbing Cascade Head to the top where my friend Megan had suggested we hike to, my 8-year-old begins to have a hard time....
