August 25th, 2009 | Photo Galleries, Virtual Tours, amtrak, oregon, pacific, portland, railroad, seattle, train, USA, Washington, westcoast
This is such a beautiful train ride. All up and down the West Coast is gorgeous and we all know, the train is the way to go. They have fantastic windows in the train.
We go through Tacoma and past Boeing, it is a really interesting ride–a pretty good glimpse into the All American Hometown style.

April 27th, 2009
Backbone of The Wild Wild West
I haven't got much money
I don't like to make a show
But when it comes to real good friends
I love to share my 'dough'
-By Hal 'Lucky Luke' Lucas
Some of you may remember passing round Alaskan Sourdough Starters to your friends and family along with you ...
March 17th, 2009
Horizon Herbs is easily my favorite seed company. But that's simply because I love reading the seed catalog that they send out. It is jam packed with useful herbal information as well as some interesting anecdotes of adventures to find seeds. They have an incredibly extensive range of hard to find ...
December 3rd, 2007
Article published in the Far West Almanac May 2008. Inspired by the book SELU: Seeking the Corn-Mother's Wisdom by Marilou Awiakta
Ginitsi Selu (Grandmother Corn)
Harmony, Respect, Community, Healing
Lately when I find myself thinking about roots, it isn't long until I start thinking ...
September 30th, 2007
This is from I Go Pogo by Walt Kelly, 1950.
Times are not so different and history keeps on repeating itself. The Democrat and Republican game goes on.... In case you don't get it, the Democrats are the Donkeys and the Republicans are the Elephants--or is it the other way round? Not like it rea ...