Close to the Edge

I met Lori while paddling the North Fork of the Smith River in Northern California in January 2014.  I had never been on a river as beautif...

My last vision of John was 5 years ago.  It was a quick nod, and then watching him bush whack with his kayak down to a roaring flood stage...

“Love has inflicted so many pains on me, but that’s how my life became blessed.”  Rumi After losing our second baby in November,...

I saw my first husband John twice over the last month.   The first time, I woke up in the middle of the night to the smell of a ...

The police brought a trash bag of everything they had removed from him before I saw him.  In the bag were his belongings, including a hel...

A few years ago I was having dinner with one of my closest friends and her 3-year old at the time, Henry.   In the middle of dinne...

Oregon, I make my way back to you tonight.  It has been almost 2 years since my last visit to your rolling green mountains and majestic wa...