by Louie Ferrera | Sep 23, 2021 | Meditations, Nature
I get here and and just wait for the magic to happen. Sometimes the magic manifests itself in obvious ways like the sudden appearance of a river otter or the piercing cry of an osprey as it circles the sky above the river. Quite often though the magic of this place is...
by Louie Ferrera | Sep 15, 2021 | Meditations, Nature
I was awakened at 1:20 this morning by the hypnotic notes of wind chimes; one deep and sonorous, the other high pitched and tinkly. The wind had picked up, something was happening. The rain began slowly at first, barely a whisper as the drops fell through our pear...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 30, 2021 | Nature
At the spring equinox last year the world was in turmoil. A mysterious and deadly virus that began “over there” had made it to our shores. Schools, movie theaters, restaurants, health clubs, basically all “non-essential” businesses were immediately closed. Baseball,...
by Louie Ferrera | Sep 18, 2020 | Nature
As I write this, the Air Quality Index (AQI) is 15. This is good, very good. Lately I’ve become quite well versed in the parameters of the AQI. Anything below 50 is good, smooth sailing, no problem, might as well be sitting on the beach in Maui. Between 50-100 we’re...
by Louie Ferrera | Jun 12, 2020 | Friends & Family, Nature
The sign on Highway 1 for Doran Beach showed that the parking lot was FULL. Since it was late afternoon we figured that some people would most likely be leaving by now so we headed there anyway confident that we’d find a place to park. The road to Doran winds...
I wish I had your confidence, Louie… I can’t say that I see too many “Good Guys”, and the ones…
I hope they don’t start turning on each other… let’s keep the negative rhetoric down … nose to the grindstone…
That’s so cool! They’re here in the Willamette River and the Delta Ponds, but as much as I walk the…
So sweet! I love those river otters!
Yes! I enjoyed this writing, and the commentors' notes as well. "We played the music and the music played us"…