The photos are from this week-end and represent the end of my holiday season. Downt own Ashland, in southern Oregon has a large amphitheater...

"All my life's a circle; But I can't tell you why; Season's spinning round again; The years keep rollin' by. It seems...

That could have as well been spelled mist-ic this week as the clouds hung low over the valleys and sat on top the hills. We don't often ...

Tis the season where spiritual symbols abound-- lit candles from Hanukkah; fires in the fireplace, a myriad of lights from Saturnalia; A tr...

Christmas newsletters that cover the whole year, tell and sometimes illustrate each family's myth-- do you like them or fume when you re...

Do you ever wonder how some people can do such horrible things to others? Do you try to understand human nature and what makes some work to...

Living on a creek has a lot of wonderful advantages with the summer beauty, the potential to irrigate pastures, all the birds and animals it...

"Your thoughts and your feelings create your life." "Who you are is not who you were." "What we are is the result o...

Sometimes with digital cameras, you have a photograph (like the litt le version alongside here) that is good enough but not what it could be...

This fun test came from Journey to a new life blog. Interestingly enough, since I sometimes read Tarot, the card the test indicated for me ...

In case you haven't already read of it, Mary Cheney, Vice-president Dick Cheney's daughter, is having a baby with her partner of 15 ...

"I see a bad moon arising, I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightnin'. I see bad times today." "Don't ...

Sometimes it is easy to think that the problems we face, the divisions in the United States, and the current political issues are unique to ...

Last Friday, with our daughter and son-in-law, we watched the dvd, 'An Inconvenient Truth.' It was powerful viewing; and I would a...

People who live where it snows a lot in winter don't understand ho w snowfall could be exciting to an area that only sees it rarely. May...

Today I woke to snow but this part of the Coast Range didn't get much, and what there was left by noon. The cows and sheep complained un...

And why does it matter? D efinitions fr om American Heritage Dictionary: Ideology -- 1. The body of ideas reflecting the social needs and ...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! In this country, every year we celebrate the fourth Thursday of November as a time to commemorate our country...

I don't know how these tests work with so few questions but here comes another quick one that Fran at Sacred Ordinary posted on her sit...

We are constantly being told what is true. Plus told that conspiracies are ridiculous. Despite that, many have questioned who really was beh...