UPDATE: I woke up at 3:15 a.m. today and couldn't go back to sleep, no matter what I tried. I dozed a bit now and then, but when ...

UPDATE: Slept well, doing OK today. I am still surprised and thankful at this turn of events. Feeling this strong allowed me to go to...

UPDATE: I thoroughly enjoyed making this video because I was outside on a beautiful early morning in my beloved Portland! My ri...

Last Saturday, I picked these ripe blueberries and left the others right where they are on the bush so that they would have the cha...

I took this photo a little while ago with my iPhone 5 so that I could have something current on here! Lamont and Leland's frie...

I've already put this on Facebook a couple of hours ago--Flickr had a technical issue and I couldn't get to the HTML/BB Code ...

Click here for a trip to City Daily Photo , transporting you around the world every day. My home comforts me when I walk towards the fr...

I've been remiss, out of it, gone, down in the dumps missin' my little Mama, even sort of feelin' sorry for myself, escaped into...

I count my blessings, past and current. I count them every day. I thank the Lord for them every day. I am thankful to live in Portland, Oreg...

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves at 3 Doors Down Café, SE 37th and Hawthorne --a family dinner for the seven of us, plus Lamont manned the ki...