People are figuring out what they can do to boost their immune system with the COVID19 virus running around the country. I have been amazed at stores and online suppliers running out of herbs, homeopathics and supplements that might relate to immune boosting for a virus. What I am not hearing is how to take …
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Happy Holidays! ***
Dear Friends and family, It is Christmas Eve, it is snowing, Lili is baking in the kitchen and I wanted to take an opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful holiday and prosperous New Year. Lili and I traveled to Portland, Oregon for Christmas to be near Jo, who has to work Christmas Eve. A good …
Intentional Communities
Hello, it has been awhile since I posted a blog. I am pleased to report we had some rain to clear the smoke and today is a beautiful warm and sunny day. I am going to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival tonight to see Merry Wives of Windsor in the outdoor Elizabethan theater and am definitely …
Landing in Ashland, OR
It has been a couple of weeks since I wrote. I was last in London near the Heathrow airport on my way back to the USA. As I write this I am in Ashland, Oregon staying at a friend’s house while she and her husband are travelling the month of September. Tonight Ashland is lovely …
Back to Heathrow airport
Exploring Exeter and the Devon area was wonderful. I took coastal train trips to Exmouth, Torquay (the English Rivera) and down to Cornwall. Lori and Stewart drove me to Dartmoor National Forest on Saturday. This is what heather looks like up close – both the pale and darker pink are different types of heather: It …
Ireland and Devon
I have had a full and colorful week since I last wrote, visiting families in Ireland and now in Exeter, UK. It is wonderful to stay with families when they like each other. I enjoy the dynamics of visiting with the different members, seeing how they interact and live, sharing meals and activities with them. …
Wales visit
I am writing this from a B&B in Conwy, Wales. This is the best Wifi I have had access to for awhile. Last night I stayed in a youth hostel again, but moved today to the B&B. It is a marvelous little town with a castle and a wall around it on the river near …
A long week in Paris
Paris was intense place to visit. It has so much activity day and night, so much to see, so many tourists! It was amazing to me to be downtown until late at night, take the subway home at midnight and still have it feel very safe, packed with tourists and workers. This is a photo …
Paris in July!
Here I am in Paris for the first time! I arrived day before yesterday. I am staying with a friend. Her place is very accessible by Metro to everything and is a lovely neighborhood. The weather is beautiful, sunny, a little breezy. I walked last evening for a couple of hours from the Concorde Metro …
Bad Ischl, the Salzkammergut
Hello! I am writing this from a Bad Ischl Bed and Breakfast in the Salzkammergut region of Austria. It is a lovely place, even won the European award for most beautiful town last year! The flowers are gorgeous in their pots, hanging and beds. Also a river runs through town, the local people wear their …