Experiencing The Palouse

Currently, we are on the second leg of our trip and this place was my choice – the Palouse. Earlier in the week we visited the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Then, we headed about a six hour drive south to this area that borders the U.S. States of...

Experiencing the Okanagan Valley

This week I am away on vacation as my husband just finished his year of school and we are celebrating. We flew into Kelowna, British Columbia – central to the Okanagan Valley, one of the warmest and driest spots in Canada (semi-arid) and home to many excellent...

A Sense of Place

In his book, Staying Put, Scott Russell Sanders recommends getting to know and be a part of the community where you live. He has written extensively on what it means to develop a sense of place. Staying put is not something I’ve done in my life. My husband and I...