Since I last posted on here, I have been blessed with two more grand daughters, both of which I have not yet met.
Bella Rose Levua was born about two weeks ago. She lives in Pocatello, Idaho with her mother, her father, two sisters and a brother. I’m on my way to visit my daughter and [...]
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I have been absent from here for awhile so I have some catching up to do. California is beautiful this time of year. Come back soon to read about my adventures in the redwood forests, at the lakes and at the ocean. I will be updating this blog all this next week.
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Posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here we are again in Willits, California which is the beautiful “Gateway to the Redwoods”. Cephas and I traveled from Idaho to Oregon across highway 20 through Burns, southward through Klamath Falls into Mount Shasta, California. From here, we journeyed north a little ways into Medford crossing over to Highway 101, the Redwood Highway. On [...]
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Posted in Blogging, Bookstores, Caves, Coffe Shops, Family, Free Lance Writing, Historic Sites, Mount Shasta, My Stories, National Forests, National Landmarks, Natural Wonders, Religion, Space News, Trains, Travels, volcanoes on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The locals call this place “Where Heaven and Earth Meet”. Mount Shasta, mother of volcanoes, timeless and regally monumental, she stands. Indeed this mountain seems like the bridge to eternity.
Cephas and I left our winter home in Idaho to travel. Our journeys brought us to Mount Shasta yesterday. A warm welcome awaited us with two [...]
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Posted in Blogging, Bookstores, Coffe Shops, Family, Free Lance Writing, My Stories, National Landmarks, Natural Wonders, News, Universities on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cephas and I came to Twin Falls from Pocatello about three weeks ago. It was our intention to only check out this city, then possibly travel onward to places unknown. Three weeks have come and gone and we are still here. Twin Falls is such an enjoyable town!
We have yet to do much sightseeing since [...]
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Posted in Blogging, Free Lance Writing, My Stories, News, Politics, Religion, Space News, Star Gazing, Trains, Travels, Uncategorized on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is not an easy task getting approved to get paid for blogging. I have been striving for this end three weeks now, to no avail. In that time, I have created multiple blogs, on which I am still touching up layouts, listing links, and creating the format. Then there is all the writing, creative [...]
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Posted in Family, My Stories, National Forests, News, Politics, Religion, Star Gazing, Trains, Travels, Uncategorized on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rachel Mae Fink is my grand daughter. She is nine years old and we have never met. Through my mother, I have seen pictures of her as a toddler, but none current. I dream about what she must look like today. In my dreams, I visit Rachel believing at the same time that someday we [...]
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This morning I had an overwhelming feeling as I watched the news. Weather catastrophes, bombings in Israel and Palestine, possible terrorism in Utah….Then came the concerns over finances for my self and my husband, added to the dilemmas and hardships faced by most of my immediate family….Amidst all of this, I couldn’t help but wonder [...]
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Posted in Caves, Family, Historic Sites, My Stories, National Forests, Natural Wonders, Religion, Travels, Waterfalls, Wildlife on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the year 2000 wildfires burned across a large part of Montana and the United States. Raven and I camped three months in the mountains of Montana, just outside the towns of Wisdom and Jackson.
This National Forest site was spared from fire, though areas within fifty miles away burned. Maybe it was the prayers [...]
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Posted in Caves, Family, Historic Sites, My Stories, National Forests, Natural Wonders, News, Politics, Religion, Space News, Star Gazing, Trains, Travels, Waterfalls on March 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Inner peace is the realization that a state of tranquility exists within. Finding the key to tranquility is the challenge. In my quest for inner peace, I first searched outside myself. First I sought out places in nature that seemed conducive to inner peace. I purposed to spend time in these places of tranquility as [...]
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