memories are moments of consequence

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Memories are moments of consequence. – Unknown

In 2005, Alice Guess agreed to visit the Columbia Gorge with me. It was my first trip to the land of Lewis and Clark, my first sighting of their final waterway to another sea. We got wet at Multnomah Falls on the Oregon side, and we entered Washington via the Bridge of the Gods. At a random interpretive center, we chanted ‘MAGMA’ through a 1970s movie about the Gorge’s formation, and we shared a cabin, its charm a worn patina.

I never knew I’d write about Meriwether Lewis. I was focused on making memories with my friend.Continue Reading

collect moments. not things

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Collect moments. Not things. – Me

Do you have a favorite moment? Something you’re glad you experienced? Please share it in a comment today!

I used to be a big collector. Before I met MTM, my house bulged with stuff: Victorian antiques, floral patterns, picture frames spangled with glitter, closets and garages brimming with things. I bought things because I could and told myself they validated me.

I still hoard too much: Clothes I’ll probably never be thin enough to wear but can’t give up; scraps of hundreds of trips; twenty thousand photographs; five collections of china; and books. Oh, the books.

But age has given me a gift.Continue Reading