Forget the present, lean back in your favorite armchair, and escape into the cozy world of Wycliff, a quaint Victorian small-town on the shores of South Puget Sound, somewhere between Olympia and Seattle. Forget that it’s springtime – get your mind ready for Christmas. And dive into an exceptional situation – Wycliff is snowed in! […]
Across the Fence: A Lake in the Middle of Nowhere
Cabin Fever causes dreams of escape and about traveling despite the current order to stay in place. But we can always travel in our minds. And today I’d like to take you to a place that you have probably heard of but maybe have never been to: an artificial lake in the middle of the […]
Across the Fence: Open or in Between?
Really? She is writing about sandwiches today? She must have run out of topics. What’s there to write about some slabs of bread and some toppings? Well, if you are a foodie, you don’t get past sandwiches. And if you love history, you will find some pretty interesting stories around them. Let me share you […]
Islands of Resilience
A lot of us are looking back in history these days, most probably because they want to find out about how people 100 years ago dealt with the Spanish flu and its aftermath. But these days, there is another historical date coming up that changed the world in Europe 75 years ago: European V-Day on […]
Across the Fence: Daffodils
The other day, our sweet next-door neighbor and friend, Anita, gave us flowers from her garden – bright yellow daffodils. I placed them in a vase on our dining table, and they seemed to be a spot of sunlight in their own right. It made the cheerful setting even more cheerful. And it made me […]
Bacon’s Double Take – Jarred
Do you like a challenge? Well, I was quite naughty this time, challenging my partner in crime, Joe Boyle, to come up with a Double Take on the topic “Jarred”. And it’s always easier for the challenger than the one challenged. So, let me first tell you what I found in an online dictionary, as […]
Across the Fence: Jumping the Hurdles
She describes herself as an author and filmmaker, but she is wearing so many more hats – from grip to screenwriter and performer, from puppeteer and sword fighter to caring pet sitter. Let me stick to her first two, though, because that is as whom I met Jolene Loraine for the first time last fall. […]
Put Yourself in a Cozy Place
Though we are living in a bizarre world these days, there is absolutely no reason we cannot escape to happier places. And even though traveling has become somewhat restricted, you can always mind-travel. To happy places. Such as my little fictional town of Wycliff on the South Puget Sound, “somewhere between Olympia and Seattle”. Some […]
Across the Fence: Habits – Virus or Not
As I’m writing this, it’s the first Wednesday after restaurants, bars, and other leisure time businesses had to close their doors until further notice. Only it feels almost like a weekend. Because my husband is home – but he is teleworking. And his working inspires me to work on my “stuff” even more. I have […]