Is anyone else getting a lot of Ugg boots spam comments? This is something that needs to be taken care of ASAP - even if it means having all comments approved before posting. I’ve just changed my settings under “reading” to force all comments to be approved - and I’ll be notified in email so [...]

Like a lot of Americans I’m looking at the condition of this country, the way the US Constitution is being set aside, the liberties lost, and I wonder why oh why are Americans allowing this to happen?

I am an aging woman living in a remote Northern California forest. I don’t feel empowered to do much [...]

Still here in the mountains all these years later. Thought several times that I might leave, but no dice. I’m stuck in a cabin and can’t get out.

Well, while here I’ve been doing some reading. There are a few good memoirs of people who used to live in this mountain river valley (Klamath River [...]

I’ve been busy since I last posted here… so very busy… so I thought I’d drop by and update this JournalSpace blog by telling you what’s up in my corner of the universe.

I made a commitment to improve my yard this year. The last few years the yard went to waste and weeds because I [...]

Some days I sit in front of my blog just wondering what to write. I often feel I have nothing to write about! But I have a few tricks for jumpstarting my brain into writing mode.

One of my favorite thought-starters is to choose a card. I have several thought-provoking card decks. I’ve managed to steer [...]

I came across another line in President Obama’s inaguration speech that I need to comment on:

“And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and [...]

I was just over at CNN reading President Obama’s inagural speech, since I have no TV reception and therefore didn’t watch the big inaguration event. I thought the speech was pretty good until I got to this line:

“We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and nonbelievers.”

Um… WHAT???  I am not [...]

Ever since I lost my job in September I’ve had the worst sleep habits ever. I used to work in the mornings and my habits were regular. Now I can’t keep a regular schedule. I really like being awake during the morning hours so I keep trying to rearrange my life so that’s possible, but [...]

Here are a few photos from where I’m living, the Klamath River Valley in Northern California. I’m near a small town called Happy Camp.

This is about fifty miles upriver from my home:

This is about four miles downriver from my home:

It is wonderful to see JournalSpace back online - and with WordPress, a blog I understand.

To the site owner: Great job… you’ve made a lot of people happy!

I’ve had a JournalSpace blog for more than five years. I used it to keep notes about strange wild animals that visited my cabin, and other mountain-type [...]