Category: Portland Neighborhood Walks

  • Narcissus and Echo (Flower Myths and Biases)

    As I walk the path of divorce I never expected to take, I find myself looking at plants, blooms, and nature (in general) in a very different way. I am sure that the therapy I’m going through has a lot to do with this, as does the experience of separation and divorce itself, but it…

  • Spring Walk: Blooms, Bones, and Blue

    Flowering Currant (Ribes).  Anemone. Yes. It snowed last week.  Tulipa. Japanese Maple bones (Acer). Huge Japanese Maple bones (Acer). Same huge Japanese Maple bones as seen from the side (Acer). Blue sky ahead above the willow arbor (Salix).