SLOWING DOWN in BANDON
We were out on the Oregon coast this weekend… Sometimes we just need a safe harbor… Slowing down in Bandon “Welcome to our port!” “Take your time… there’s no rush…
Author: revarttrek
A retired Presbyterian minister, and former environmental planner and activist.
MEANDERING DOWNTOWN
On one of our rare January sunny days, I was wandering down by the river that borders the southern edge of downtown. The County Courthouse occupies a square block not…
The PAST and the PRESENT meet up HERE
At the corner of corner of 2nd and Adams streets, in old Corvallis, for 170 years there was a hardware store… Now living on the same spot is WADE HARDWARE.…
YESTERDAY in DOWNTOWN CORVALLIS
In downtown Corvallis, Oregon, the U.S. Post Office resides on land where the Willamette River flows nearby. By the entrance you see a 1986 postage stamp commemorating the 1886 raising…
CHRISTMAS PEACE – 2025
This Christmas Eve is a particularly unsettling one, with chaos, bigotry, and violence awash in our world. I reached back to an image of a lone mallard paddling in a…
TEST
This is a test to see if my connections with social media are working… I’m starting up the blog again in the New Year…
Transition…
October is a month of constant change, progressively waving goodbye to the heat of summer and bringing a gaudy display of color… It is the perfect time to rekindle Morning…
Walking Again… In our new neighborhood
We sold our home last summer and moved to the Mountain Meadows community in Ashland, Oregon. Early this morning I set out walking on the periphery of Mountain Meadows… The…
