Author: Viki
Easy suet recipe for your backyard friends
As many of you know, I love watching the birds eat suet in my backyard but I’m on a quest to reduce packaging as conveniently as I’m able. To that […]
Check out Emanar Cellars in Battle Ground
For those of you who are not aware, Battle Ground has a new tasting room that opened on Sat, Oct 26 and yours truly was there. It was a happy accident, […]
Coelho Winery is making unique and fabulous Portuguese-style wines
When we were in the Willamette Valley the first weekend of November, we went to a tasting room in downtown Amity, OR that makes and pours amazing Portuguese-style wines. It […]
Our Christmas shopping is finished!
A cozy idea While I realize that Christmas is still 5 ½ weeks away, my husband and I finished our Christmas shopping 6 weeks early! Before anyone thinks we’re so amazing, I […]
Cross country skiing
We haven’t been cross country skiing in a few years so I was really excited to buy a package at the REI garage sale that I went to a few […]
William Morris
When I write about living more simply and my turn toward minimalism, I fear that it might come across as ‘judge-y’, which is not my intention. The other day I mentioned […]
Some thoughts on simplicity
As I sit at my kitchen table I am being entertained by a blue bird splashing about in the bird bath. He’s squawking, dunking his head, flapping his wings and […]
Vie de Bohème
If anyone’s not been to Vie de Bohème in SE Portland, it’s a worthwhile stop for wine lovers and salsa dancers. My husband and I have been several times and we’ve […]
Chanterelle mushrooms
My husband and I went mushroom foraging today around the base of Silver Star Mountain. I was hopeful that it’d be an adventure but, having never been before, I had […]
Chateau Bianca Winery
My husband and I spent last Friday and Saturday in the Willamette Valley with our closest friends celebrating her birthday and we had a terrific time. The stand-out winery for me […]