The second time we went to the mountains to get firewood was so much easier for a couple reasons. We found a spot where all the wood we needed was within 100 yards of each other and the pick up, we ...Read More
Growing up there were several “events” that happened on a regular enough basis that my sister and I came to count on them as part of our normal lives. We became accustomed to them, a...Read More
Aaron and I went to the mountains Sunday to do some wood-cutting for his dad and step-mom. While Aaron fell and cut up logs, I got to play with my camera just having fun. When logs were cut up, I ...Read More
The other day I was wandering around our yard looking at all the work we’ve done. My favorite shrubs so far are the Butterfly Bushes just because they are so beautiful, and they smell so nice....Read More
All of our girls are involved in 4-H, and they really enjoy it. Last year, we only enrolled them to show lambs, but this year, we told them they had to add some other interests so they’re doin...Read More
I’m taking a Digital Design class this term. Our mid-term project was to create a Triptych that depicted a personal memory as it would appear in the past, present, and future. The memory(i...Read More
If you see a whole thing – it seems that it’s always beautiful. Planets, lives… But up close a world’s all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life’s a hard job, you get ti...Read More
After Christmas Break was over I made a list of all the things I didn’t get done around the house that I planned on getting done during Spring Break. Then I went back to work. Winter Term cl...Read More
I’ve been spending Spring Break (all one day of it) working on little projects I had been putting off. One of thosse projects was cleaning the hard drive of my laptop; burning pictures to CD, ...Read More
When people ask where I’m from and I tell them Irrigon, they get a blank look on their faces. Usually I have to explain Irrigon’s location by relating it to Hermiston and the Tri-Cities....Read More
It was not the best birthday in my 37 year history. It was also not the worst. I don’t feel well. I had a rough night. I had six (yes – you read that right) subs in a building of o...Read More
That’s the sound of me tooting my own horn. Normally, I don’t like to do that, but what I want to talk about today is just too exciting for me to keep quiet about it. I have been takin...Read More
