by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 5, 2013 | Adventure, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting
Omi took me to the woods. My memories of times with my German Grandma on my mother’s side are walking on pine needle carpets along tree lined paths in Hessen Germany. She’d look for mushrooms on the way while she held her walking stick and as we meandered along on...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 7, 2012 | Africa, Gratitude, Home, Justice, Kids, Life, Parenting, Refugees, Writing
He walks to the door with his supervisor to let us in the locked rusty metal door double bolted entrance, which leads us through a cement-to-ceiling wired fence that takes us into a courtyard where deflated basketballs and wet picnic tables are pushed to the side. He...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 19, 2012 | Family Life, Images of America: WEST LINN, West Linn, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
Skydivers arrive at Willamette Park in West Linn at 5:45 p.m. Friday July 20 to announce the Queen, which is the first event of the 2012 West Linn Old Time Fair. Willamette Park is located at 1100 12th Street in West Linn. The fair runs Friday through Sunday, July...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 25, 2012 | Community, Kids, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Southwest Weekly Oregonain, SW Weekly, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
(Photo: Cornelia Seigneur) Nora and Wade Wilson of West Linn are settling into running their most recent kid entertainment center, Tac-Ops Indoor Airsoft, 5063 N.E. 122nd Ave. in Portland. They also own JJ Jump in Clackamas and JJ Extreme in Vancouver. Nora...
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...
