I recently had the joy and honor of being included in a Songwriters in the Round evening at 503 Uncorked in Sherwood, Oregon. The format was unlike anything I had done before. Three songwriters shared the stage and sang their…
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Nov 27 2022
Nov 27 2022
I recently had the joy and honor of being included in a Songwriters in the Round evening at 503 Uncorked in Sherwood, Oregon. The format was unlike anything I had done before. Three songwriters shared the stage and sang their…
Read moreNov 27 2022
Being a woman in 2022 - even stating that I am one without including a qualifier - is fraught. Like most of us, I could not have foreseen the day in America when to say "I am a woman" could…
Read moreMar 11 2021
I know, nice life for a "refugee." But still, I'd rather be at home and back in my studio! Every day from our fourth story hotel room (which for some reason keeps making me dizzy), this is what I see:
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Feb 28 2021
One week later, my stalwart friends trekked back out to the boat on the hillside. We corrected all the mistakes from last time, but got heaping plates full of new lessons in take 2. I'll do what I can with…
Read moreFeb 24 2021
So a couple things about the AIP diet that make it impossible for me to eat out -- no vegetable/seed oils allowed, and no pepper or spices. I have found one amazing restaurant near the hotel (El Ranchero)…
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Lots of planning culminated in a video shoot yesterday that was still short on planning. Only way to truly learn what you don't know is to try something and fail! Racking up the lessons learned. While most of yesterday's lessons…
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Today I got to enjoy my Christmas present to myself - this facial. It had been rescheduled due to a large hematoma from my sweet, precious wild child accidentally sinking her tooth into my head! Maybe some video from this…
Read moreFeb 16 2021
The heaviest ice storm in at least many decades hit the Willamette Valley in February 2021. My parents remember having ice storms most years. Said the ice would cull the trees' branches, but without any heavy ice in so long…
Read moreFeb 5 2021
Welcoming yam into my meal! This should give me some energy.
Feb 5 2021
Two days in on keto, and I am feeling exhausted. I stepped on the scale and found I've dropped 9 pounds! I have been trying to gain weight, not lose it! I'm getting myself some blueberries!!
Feb 4 2021
This was amazing!! I will definitely make it again! Thank you, Castaway Kitchen!