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,...
by Pamela Beason | Aug 21, 2010 | Natural Wonders
These days, half my friends are unemployed and out of money; the rest are groaning about being overloaded at their dead-end jobs. I’m self-employed, have some money in the bank, and manage to land several hours of paid work each week, but not enough to make what any...
by Pamela Beason | Aug 16, 2010 | Everyday Chaos, Natural Wonders
In any given week, I play a lot of different roles. I am self-employed, and in this economy I have to work at two businesses to pay the bills. I am a contract writer and editor, working on projects that range from creative stage plays to online help systems for...