Gold on the Columbia River

Hello friends! Another benefit of living in an area that receives so much rain is an abundance of rainbows. I captured this on a walk by the river today around 3pm. This is the mighty Columbia river looking across at the Washington state coastline. Bright colors shining through a darkened sky......so inspiring! The river is everything to the community where I live. Terry and I are spending the weekend here in Astoria. The annual FISHER POETS' GATHERING is this weekend and I hope to take in a little fishing lore, poems and music that will be held at bars and gatherings all over Astoria. People from Alaska, the East Coast, up and down our local coastline, and a few land lubbers as well come to be a part of this amazing one-of-a-kind event. In Idaho, we have had "Cowboy Poetry Gatherings" for years. It is a great tradition. The Fisher Poets event has been happening for 11 years, but it gets bigger every year. If you are interested in our local culture, you can learn years worth of living here yourself by tuning into our local radio station, KMUN that will broadcast some of the live events from 6pm until 11pm, tonight and tomorrow night (Fri and Sat, 2/22 and 2/23) PST. Listen in here (This is also where you can find my folk radio show on Wednesdays). Here is a sample of Geno Leach, a local poet in this 30 second reading from the 2001 event: "I miss the fish but I don't miss the fishing". More information on Fisher Poets at http://www.clatsopcollege.com/fisherpoets

Little Darlin'........

It has indeed been a long, cold lonely winter. But here comes the sun! Terry and I have spent most of the winter driving between Portland and Astoria. I often think I am the luckiest person in the world to get to enjoy that beauty so often. The jeepster has been happily driving us over the river and through the woods. I do love the snow, but February is bringing us some much needed sunshine and an elevated mood as we begin to get excited about our first, busy, full summer season. We have been slowly updating the website and adding new products as we learn the web business. Every day a journey! When we get our full summer schedule worked out, I will post the dates and times here on the blog so you will know where you can find us. I have been working on some silk scarves and we will be adding Jewelry from our friend, Raven, in the upcomming days. I have also been working on some new radio projects for any of you that are following my radio career. I am doing the music for NORML's daily audio stash and you can find the podcasts here . You can also check out the daily blog I have about Podsafe music here . I am posting a picture of our friend's dog, Roscoe...just because he is so cute! Peace to you all beautiful people!! Karri