Yesterday while working on my novel during the vanpool ride to and from work (the novel that has pre-empted frequent blog-posts), my fingers started writing (it wasn’t my mind, it was my fingers) that the protagonist actually loved a certain place in the world more than she had loved her ex-husband. And she had loved [...]
Entries Tagged as 'sustainability'
St. Patrick’s Day & Loving A Place
March 17th, 2010 · No Comments · sustainability
Tags: Columbia Gorge·land·Paddy Moloney·place·soul·St. Patrick's day
Mind-Hiking With Stephanie Routh
February 21st, 2010 · No Comments · community, sustainability, transportation
Last Friday afternoon here in Portland, Oregon brought us the most dazzling weather of the young year, with sunshine that sparkled like diamonds off the Willamette River. I celebrated the beauty of the day with a run along said riverfront and then meeting up with Stephanie Routh, definitely my best coffee date of the year [...]
Tags: Alice B. Toeclips; Willamette Pedestrian Coalition·Portland·Stephanie Routh
Checking In: On Joyful Sabbatical
February 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · sustainability
Long time without a post! When I had lunch with my friend Allison Hamilton yesterday (Allison is the creator of Oregon’s innovative solar highway), she said she’d been assuming my silence at Diamond-Cut Life was because I’d been busy house-hunting. She knows that Thor and I are seeking a somewhat larger house, while staying in [...]
Tags: blogging·Portland·sabbatical
Turning Crisis Into Opportunity
January 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · sustainability
I have two things on my mind related to the earthquake in Haiti. One is helping to relieve the suffering, and the other is earthquake safety.
Like many others, Thor and I have given money for relief in Haiti. We chose
Tags: earthquake safety·Mercy Corps
This And That, Approaching A Vacation
January 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · sustainability
I’m looking forward to Thursday morning, when I leave for a vacation to visit family in Southern California, as well as celebrate my good friend Libby’s 50th birthday . . . . . I just added a few good reads to Books I Love, in case the winter dark and cold have you indoors a [...]
Tags: Disneyland·good books·vacation
