Monthly Archives: March 2022

Today is March 30, 2022.  Means something to each of us…I would imagine.  But, time to be personal, not because of the date, but what it marks.  [“Marks,” get it?]  For today starts Spring Chinook Salmon Season for Zorba, my … Continue reading →

Sure.  In today’s world, the swirling of intemperate realities more than onslaught…they want to take control of our very pulsing through our steps and how we reach out. Diane shared the following link.  Nurses.  The caretakers of our life and … Continue reading →

There are moments we wish would pass, not unlike a snow drift melts.  Still there are moments when we beg God we’ll never lose them in memory and impact. That’s it.  Moments.  To that when I experienced this video I … Continue reading →

Today, Friday, March 25, 2022, I read that 300 Ukrainians were killed by Russian bombing, the folk in a theater for shelter.  I also read that Russia claims with force, that to the NATO countries hits with the force of … Continue reading →

Was blessed with a couple of “therapy days,” my form of fishing with Zorba.  Got to float the Trask and Wilson Rivers, casting and bobber-dogging and plugging for steelhead.  Sure, end of the season.  Sure, more a time to see … Continue reading →

An Ukrainian Flag…perhaps highest post in the world, at 13,000 feet in Colorado, within a breath of Breckenridge, Colorado. But so much more than the picture…it was sent by my Rabbi Guide, about whom I’ve bragged, again and again.  He’s … Continue reading →

I am not impervious to death.  That doesn’t deny it’s inevitable for each of us. Why this? Because this morning I read that John Clayton died at 67.  I didn’t know him.  But, as a sportscaster, I always enjoyed listening … Continue reading →

Not sure where it comes from…but, a sense of humor sometimes saves us from denigrating everything. For instance, my Oregon Outdoor Editor Friend, Bill Monroe, posted this, my paraphrase: “I was at the gas pump.  The guy next to me … Continue reading →

KINDNESS: LOANING SOMEONE YOUR STRENGTH INSTEAD OF REMINDING THEM OF THEIR WEAKNESS… Thank you, Kitzie Randall

Fractals of Growth by Eric Alan When I was a kid, I loved drawing the skeletons of trees, having discovered the grace of bare branches and trunks. They take no wrong turns. One little branch simply leads to the next, … Continue reading →