Happy Mother’s Day!

Hard to believe it’s been a year already since I took my mom’s ashes back to Florida for her memorial. It was a beautiful trip last April to St. Augustine and Ponce Inlet. I highly recommend visiting if you haven’t been there yet. This year to honor her memory, I finally completed a scrapbook of …

Joining the Local Garden Club

I’m no gardener. In fact, I have what I would generously call a “black thumb”. But recently, I joined a friend who is a member of our local community garden club for their monthly meeting. And though I am starting with very modest patio space and absolutely no experience, I feel the garden club members …

Brass Knuckle Films

I’ve been looking into alternative investments this year – spurred on by the advances in technology and the market volatility. However, I did not expect to find an opportunity to invest alternatively in one of my favorite industries – film making. And on top of that, with one of my all-time favorite directors, Robert Rodriguez! …

Seattle Christmas Market

Seattle’s Christmas Market celebrates its second anniversary in 2024, running for a month from November 24th to December 24th.  Presented by the same organizers of the Vancouver Christmas Market, which is a nod to the European holiday markets so famous throughout the continent. I love a good holiday outing – and admittedly, I have never …

The Mystical Archaeologist’s Field Journal

Day 17,520     Latitude 47.315182, Longitude -122.334663             “I’ve done it this time. Not sure how Mordecai and I will extract ourselves from the fine mess of my own making. Tonight, I’m just hanging on by a thread – praying we both make it through to morning. What the light of day may bring, I cannot …