Author Archives: Susy

  When I moved to Oregon, a good part of the first half of my life in California came along in boxes. I’m sorting those as well as some of my mother’s things. Some decisions are easy and others quite … Continue reading

Yesterday I took two of my grandchildren to the Cascades Raptor Center here in south Eugene hills. This nonprofit rehabilitates injured birds and houses some that are too severely injured to be able to survive in the wild. The large, … Continue reading

Thanks to Budman’s Bookmine and the Highland Arts Center in Weaverville, California and to Tsunami Books and Black Sun Books in Eugene, Oregon for carrying Being!

Eugene has done a good job of providing wetlands within or next to the urban areas. Last week two grandsons and I were exploring a pond area. It was the middle of the day so I didn’t expect we would … Continue reading

In a recent visit to the West Eugene Wetlands my eldest grandson discovered a very strange looking bug and borrowed my camera to take a photo of it. No one locally that I spoke to knew what it was so … Continue reading