Top Ten Reasons Why I should LIve in Portland, OR.

10. Oceans and Mountains are with a 2 hour reach at any point in time!!!
9. 3 hours from Seattle, 5 from redwood national forest, and then there is of course creator lake!!
8.Old friends are wonderful and so is the beer you drink in their presence!
7. Hey cow!! (brenda this is for you)
6. Columbia river Gorge, its a beautiful place to hike and walk!!
5. Mc Menimins brewery's are everywhere.
4. Chacos, Chacos, Chacos,
3. The holy cross community (Some of the best homilies ever)
3. Have I mentioned beer, Bridgeport brewery. (thats my second favorite, they make the blue harin)
2. Culture, variety, history, beauty.
1. Its the place where my heart finds peace with God, grace with nature, and true love and respect with friends.

Returning to the Present!!

So I need to apologize to all those who have been reading this blog...and I have stopped updating it!!(sorry Bri). I am currently in PDX, Oregon. Visiting with friends and former co-workers and the beautiful mountains. Its nice to be back in a space that was pretty stressful for me as a much settled individual! I often find myself wondering what could have been if I lived out here for real and had not moved back east!! But as I can see life I has progressed forward and I am just a visitor in a state where I once lived.

I am actually came to town for a wedding!! One of my former RAs in mehing hall on the university campus, married a fine UP graduate last evening at Oregon Gardens in silverton OR. The ceremony was beautiful and very fitting for them. Only Christa would laugh and cry through her own ceremony...and if it had happened any other way...I would have wondered.

Oregon has such a beauty about it...the evergreens, the bright and vibrant colors...not to mention the food, coffee and shopping. Its all unique and different! No ware in Ga will you find this beauty or character. I have done minimal planning while I am here...so I can just enjoy being and doing...rather than running around to see people. I am just taking one day at a time!!

i will post more pics and other thoughtful insights....in due time...