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“I’m a little wide open⁣Most of these days”⁣⁣Absolutely beautiful show, as always.⁣⁣
05/19/2026

“I’m a little wide open⁣
Most of these days”⁣
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Absolutely beautiful show, as always.⁣
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We spent most of the day on our new (1985) boat at the marina. We had a picnic, read, knit, played games, took naps. ⁣⁣I...
05/11/2026

We spent most of the day on our new (1985) boat at the marina. We had a picnic, read, knit, played games, took naps. ⁣
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I’m so thankful I’m their mom. I’m so grateful for Luke.⁣
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My absolute favorite thing is when all five of us are together, passing time doing ordinary things, laughing, telling stories. ⁣
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Happy Mother’s Day ❤️🔮⛴️🦭

I’m thankful for old Polaroids with her smile. ⁣⁣I don’t have many words for her today, or really any perfect lines.⁣⁣Ex...
05/11/2026

I’m thankful for old Polaroids with her smile. ⁣
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I don’t have many words for her today, or really any perfect lines.⁣
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Except: I miss my mom. ⁣
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Happy Mother’s Day.

Prom. What a gift to watch these brilliant & beautiful girls grow up together.
04/29/2026

Prom. What a gift to watch these brilliant & beautiful girls grow up together.

My love of the ocean & live music began early. I started sailing when I was six weeks old. At three months, I was at New...
04/25/2026

My love of the ocean & live music began early. I started sailing when I was six weeks old. At three months, I was at Newport Folk Festival, anchored off Fort Adams.⁣
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The day I turned 5, my dad spear caught Bahamian lobster & a Caribbean reef octopus. My mom cooked down below while I sat on the boom with our seaworthy red tabby cat, Tiger & watched dolphins play in the harbor.⁣
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The day after I turned 5, we went to church in Exuma Bahamas’ Staniel Cay. The joy & exuberance found in those tropical services is why I love gospel music.⁣
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I still wear weird hats & sunglasses, always. ⁣
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Today, on my 50th birthday, it’s untethering to know everyone pictured in my first birthday portrait has passed on. ⁣
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The beautiful adventurous lifestyle I grew up in had an undercurrent of chaos & it set the tone for a lifetime living in extremes with an appreciation for constants. ⁣
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Solid, loyal friendships & authentic love has remained steady throughout my life & I’m grateful for the family I’ve created. I love deeply & am honored to share a heart language with everyone in my orbit. ⁣

04/15/26 2:35 PM⁣I write this to post later when the world turns back on across the islands. I sit on the grass on the e...
04/16/2026

04/15/26 2:35 PM⁣
I write this to post later when the world turns back on across the islands. I sit on the grass on the edge of town limits. It’s incredible how the space around me is exquisitely silent without the hum of electricity. At Write, I say we disconnect to connect &, by this, I mean off electronics as we lean into eye contact & being present & listening to the sounds of pen on paper & hearts getting to know one another. ⁣
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Today, Wednesday, a countywide power outage with down cell towers moves me off grid & further into the realities of the dystopian world I often feel like I’m experiencing. ⁣
picked me up & we went on a drive & talked, just like two teens skipping class. We couldn’t believe how joyful & special Write 24 was. Every single creative who showed up was remarkable. ⁣
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It’s always hard to leave Doe Bay & it’s always difficult to slide back into the everyday of life after a Write. But the unexpected gift of electronic powerlessness & down cell towers was a good reminder what to do with my creative heart in the silence.⁣
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I’m so excited to share photos & stories of Write 24. I’ll have to wait to get plugged in again. For now, I’ll read in the not quite sun not exactly rainy weather, marveling at the sounds amplified when the power is off.

19 years ago, in water, on the edge of Ebey’s Prairie in our Whidbey Island Victorian home, Lucy May arrived just before...
03/29/2026

19 years ago, in water, on the edge of Ebey’s Prairie in our Whidbey Island Victorian home, Lucy May arrived just before midnight, just one day shy of three weeks late, just shy of ten pounds. ⁣
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From her very beginnings, from her love of tiny details to her big dreams that swirl in orbit, from the thousands of books she’s read to the hundreds of paintings & vinyls she loves, Lucy is hilariously witty & brilliantly creative. Her sense of wonder has always been extraordinary. ⁣
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She’s fiercely loyal, tremendously thoughtful, & my favorite middle child.⁣
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I was in awe the first moment I met her & am in awe of who she’s become. ⁣
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Happiest of birthdays, Lucy May. I love you so much.

I look at Ruby & think how cute she is. I knit her sweater & she wears it proudly. She’s an explorer now, braving PNW ga...
03/26/2026

I look at Ruby & think how cute she is. I knit her sweater & she wears it proudly. She’s an explorer now, braving PNW gale force winds & sideways rain.⁣
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After my dad died, I flew with Ruby to our island so my mom could get stronger in her assisted living home. Ruby was supposed to be on vacation with us until my mom moved to a facility nearby in Bellingham. ⁣
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Ruby had never been off leash, on grass, with a German Shepherd bestie, in the cold rain, on the beach, & so much more. She was a Florida dog rescued as a teen mom in a puppy mill. ⁣
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After my mom died, it became clear Ruby was our dog now. In my months & months of grief in bed, Ruby was beside me. ⁣
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I still introduce her as, “my mom’s dog.”⁣
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As she sleeps on the rug in her sweater I think: Ruby loves me most & nearly falls over from ferocious wags of delight when I enter a room. ⁣
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& then it dawns on me. ⁣
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No one (except Ruby) lights up like my parents used to when I enter a room. Like Ruby, my parents broke rules & were loud & a little much at times. My parents didn’t always listen to me & although they didn’t eat pants left on the floor like Ruby, they ate weird stuff like egg salad with tuna in places unheard of like commercial airplanes beside strangers.⁣
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Most days, Ruby tries her best. Like my parents, Ruby wants to help more than she’s able. She loves unconditionally. She doesn’t offer up unsolicited advice, but she tries to make things better like my mom & dad did.⁣
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Somehow I didn’t realize until today Ruby remains in their spirit. Like, exactly in their spirit. & it brings a huge smile to my face.

25 years ago, this was our home in SE Portland, ORwhere I got engaged & the first person to earn a Masters Degree in my ...
03/20/2026

25 years ago, this was our home in SE Portland, OR
where I got engaged & the first person to earn a Masters Degree in my family, taking 52 credits in one year. I bought my wedding dress up the street. I learned of the horrors of 9/11 inside my 4th grade classroom. I found out the hard way what neutrea were, was on an episode of a reality TV show. I survived 2 robberies & Luke survived living in a city.

We made it through 67 straight days & nights of pouring rain, saw RL Burnside on Burnside St, & was witness to the 24 hour Church of Elvis. We had a different German Shepherd & a cat named Slinky. We dreamed of islands & three kids someday.

Standing in front of our old house & walking the aisles of our old grocer today felt like a time machine, a memory tsunami.

It’s wild to point out all that’s changed & remained the same, ourselves included.

To visit: Felt. So. Good.

On a southwestern Maui beach at sunset, a few days into this new year, we sat on the beach.⁣⁣We waited as the sky change...
01/28/2026

On a southwestern Maui beach at sunset, a few days into this new year, we sat on the beach.⁣
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We waited as the sky changed from orange sherbet to magical pastels - & then it happened. ⁣
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First a few sea turtles came ashore to bask in the moonlight, regulate their body temperatures, & rest from a sea day. ⁣
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I know sea turtles are solitary creatures but when so many came ashore in pairs I whispered they were with besties or lovers or siblings. ⁣
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“How many do you think will arrive,” my family asked. My husband said two dozen, a daughter said fourteen -⁣
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I interrupted to say, “Seventeen. There will be seventeen turtles.” ⁣
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Seventeen weeks apart my parents died. I found out my brother died on the seventeenth. We flew to Florida seventeen times in six months. ⁣
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Seventeen turtles came ashore that evening. I’ve waited my whole life to see this moonlight basking. It was absolutely magical. ⁣
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My parents vacationed in Maui in 1987 & always said I should too someday. ⁣
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Never stop looking for signs. In numbers, in images - they’re all around.

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