From Mundane to Whimsical – Shaping Kinship House into a color-filled place
When Joyce Nagy met with Ann Witsil, the executive director of the Kinship House, to discuss painting a mural, Ann just wanted a tree. “Ann said to me, ‘I look out my office window and see a blank wall, and I am wondering if we could get a tree.’ So, we just got the...
October Writing & Culture Connection Meeting
The next Writing & Culture Connection meeting will be Tuesday Oct. 20 at 7 pm at the church, in the courtyard room near the Atrium Cafe. All are welcome to share inspiration, encouragement, publishing opportunities, upcoming conferences. We will share a fun ...
Donald Miller’s new book is out…and he is on tour this weekend!
Okay, I am so excited about Donald Miller's next book that is just out called A Million Miles in a Thousand years. I have been a fan of Donald's writing ever since reading Blue Like Jazz a few years ago and I have devoured everything else he has written since then. I...
Thursdays with Theodore
He sits at the corner of the bend of Carriage Way. Every morning and evening to wave at the passers by rushing to work or wherever the day requires. Just seeing him, makes me want to slow down. The first time I drove by a couple of years ago, he waved at me wearing...
The First Day of School. . . a day of firsts in many ways
It was a day of firsts in many ways on this first day of school. The twins had their first day of middle school today and Augustin is a first grader...I am home alone for an entire day for the first time since a few decades ago. . . Come to think of it, it is a year...
A Visit to the PEN . . . the next Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection Meeting
For this month's writing and culture connection meeting, we are traveling to the Pen! - Writing at the PEN - The Oregon State Pen in Salem has invited us back on Thursday Sept. 24 in the evening for its writing contest and we will use that as our September Writing...
A team effort. . . Mt. Adams’ Sleeping Beauty Trail – Adventure with Kids
We hiked up the Sleeping Beauty Trail for an adventure in the Mt. Adams wilderness area and it was a team effort to get 9 of us from various ages and abilities up that hill. One of our Sudan friends was having a really hard time and we told her this was a team effort...
A Hero from West Linn to Africa~ Jeff Cumpston Memorial Service. . .
One moment he is riding his bicycle in Africa and the next he is struck by a motorcycle and gone from this earth. Former West Linn High School band teacher who taught my son Ryan for three years, Jeff Cumpston, a day shy of his 53rd birthday, was killed in Zimbabwe...
Taking son to college. . . The next chapter in his life journey…
We dropped off Ryan at George Fox University on Thursday. It was a day of new student orientation and he was anxious to be on his own, to get set up, to start this new chapter of his life. It was a family event, with a fair in the middle of the campus and Ryan’s...
Where are all the yellow stones?. . . The Family Road Trip ~ to YELLOWSTONE – 8 packed in a van – priceless
Wow, what a week [two as one of the weeks was preparing]- a road trip to Yellowstone Park-our first with our children. Our daughter's boyfriend Stefan from Germany was with us and he was baptized into our large family life- eight of us squeezed into a Chevy Minivan -...
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