Greetings from South India. I am finally able to post this blog on a fantastic bird sanctuary we visited earlier on this trip. There are times in life when getting up at the crack of dawn is worth every second of deprived sleep! Such is the experience when going [...]
Approaching Winter Solstice means that we are deep into weeks of short days and long nights. Here in the Pacific Northwest, on our shortest day we will have 7 hours and 34 minutes less sunlight than we had on our longest day in June. Add clouds and rain to the [...]
PARADISE (I) Growing up, I attended Saints Peter and Paul Grade School and Andrean High School (named after Bishop Andrew Grutka). It was a big deal for me to go to Catholic school. My parents scrambled and worked long hours to pay the hefty tuition for my private school. [...]
On Sunday, September 29, I went hiking on the Kendall Katwalk with my friend Caron. The Kendall Katwalk Trail is very beautiful and last Sunday was no exception! I keep a log of all of my hikes and was trying to figure out the last time I was there. [...]
I put together a slideshow for you (fast moving, not boring, less than three and a half minutes long)! Both retreat weeks are represented in the slideshow. The first week was devoted to Yoga + Culinary & Culture. The second week was devoted to Yoga + Hiking (+ Culture). [...]
