by Pamela Beason | Nov 22, 2010 | Everyday Chaos, Saving Money
I was snowshoeing at Mount Baker last night with seven friends when the talk turned to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Since I’m basically anti-materialistic, this time of year with its emphasis on consumerism makes me a little crazy. I’m especially...
by Pamela Beason | Oct 20, 2010 | Natural Wonders, The Writing Life
Like most people, I love grand vistas–mountains, sea, sky, prairies, city skylines–and there are a lot of grand vistas in the Pacific Northwest where I live. But often it’s the little details that delight me the most–the interplay of light in...
by Pamela Beason | Sep 17, 2010 | Natural Wonders
Summer is almost over in my part of the country, so I’m taking the opportunity to play hooky whenever I can. There will always be time to mow the lawn or clean the house, but there are never enough fine days to get out and hike or kayak. As a Kansas-born girl,...
by Pamela Beason | Sep 10, 2010 | Natural Wonders
One of the things I love best about nature is its capacity to surprise me. Even in the familiar greenbelt behind my house, I find new animals and plants and entities that I cannot even classify. One day while working as an editor at a high-tech firm, I decided to take...
by Pamela Beason | Sep 3, 2010 | Natural Wonders
I just got back from a four-day kayak trip to the Broken Group, in Barkley Sound on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island. What a great place to kayak! Dozens of islands and hundreds of rocks, beautiful Pacific waters, sea lions, deer, porpoises and whales (okay,...