I’ve started a side branch blog called “Starlisa Stories” at starlisastories.wordpress.com I will do a lot of this deep journaling, philosophizing, mental health, ADD AND Autism, and self-help kind of posting on that blog and keep this one for Photography. Truly they often get mingled anyway! My thinking is there are certain people who areContinue reading “Blogging changes”
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Roger’s Walk of Honor
Roger Black, born May 8, 1942, died May 16, 2019. This beloved Navy veteran from the Viet Nam war was a Wonderful husband to Connie, father to Carmen Knopes and Sarah Vantinteran, grandfather to many, adopted Papa to dozens, and brother to myself and Boyce. We had three more siblings and two nephews who alreadyContinue reading “Roger’s Walk of Honor”
A Happy Life
No matter what you do in life, no matter what traumas or Joys happen around you, you can always look around you in this beautiful world and find good things to warm your heart. Feeling very peaceful and content today, and here are some of the reasons why.
In Honor of Loved Ones
Many of us have lost so many loved ones already this year, and it brings with it an occasional melancholy that can also be the doorway to good memories. Today, processing photos from my archives, I ran across this set of images I took at a dear friends home in the White Salmon area. Sharon Continue reading “In Honor of Loved Ones”
Journey into Heart and Memories
A quick trip (with my brother Boyce and his sweet wife Kathy) to northern Utah for the funeral of a much loved older cousin became for me a journey full of memories from childhood mixed with meeting some amazing and wonderful new people. I had been told there would be no time to stop forContinue reading “Journey into Heart and Memories”
BREATH OF LIFE
BREATH OF LIFE Breath of life, wash through my body as I walk besides this sacred stream… Father and Mother nearby, I feel them in the smell of the forest, in the dark of the deep cave… they are in the water cascading down the mountainside, in the fish that leap and glide… their presenceContinue reading “BREATH OF LIFE”
Memories Spin in a Gust of Wind
This first photo was taken by my bro Larry Andreasen, also known as bobshots on Flickr. Kind and gentle soul, he captured a feeling of timelessness here that I love about the lake. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~ At times when the wind blows, it seems to pull me right out of my body and take me on aContinue reading “Memories Spin in a Gust of Wind”
Falling into lovely Memories
Along the Lewis River! I found and scanned some older images from one of my favorite camping places from lifelong adventures with family, and am sharing them here for fun. The stories are in the captions which can be seen by clicking on the images and scrolling through them with the arrows. At the bottomContinue reading “Falling into lovely Memories”
Dedication Memorial In Honor of Loving Parents
Our Mother, Nina Black, was born Nina Stevens on May 18, 1913 in Mt. Carmel, Utah; and died of a stroke, peacefully in the home of her son Boyce on November 7, 2003 in White Salmon, Washington, seven years after her husband, Claude Elias Black (May 8, 2008- Thanksgiving Day 1996). Nina took herContinue reading “Dedication Memorial In Honor of Loving Parents”
Buffalo Breath and Memories
This one is dedicated to my deceased husband David Reel… who passed away January 16, 1996 following a long illness. We had been together for 4 years when he got sick… and soon after that we had a large community wedding on Winter Solstice 1991, sort of a blend of new age, nativeContinue reading “Buffalo Breath and Memories”
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