Blogs from Cascade Mountains, Oregon, United States, North America

Hakomi at the Movies The Hakomi week has come to a close, I’ve washed my clothes. I’ve opened, I begin to reconfigure - I duck into an evening theatre. I am still in Hakomi mode - I am noticing what comes up for me, my immediate response as the movie unfolds. For those who haven’t seen the last Harry Potter movie, and care to watch it, go ahead and stop reading. I don’t think I will give any plot away, since this plot is a lot like all other plots of epic films. I notice what I wanted to see, to hear, and to learn from this. I watched as it twisted away from what I wanted. What I wanted is to have the story stop before the bow was tied, for the film to give ... read more

July 18, 2010 The beautiful McKenzie Pass Highway (Highway 242) in the Central Cascades mountains of Oregon is only open a few months a year. It closes in October/November when the snow becomes an issue and doesn't reopen until the snow melts in May/June/July. This is an old and very winding road and while they allow some trailers, I would not want to pull anything on this road or be in a very large vehicle. This year, it opened late because the road department repaved the entire length of the road - and did a magnificent job, I might add! We used the little known detour around the town of Sisters - as the highway becomes much like a parking lot on Sundays in the summer - and drove up Highway 126/20/22 - through the Santiam ... read more

June 4, 2010 We headed off to Dallas in the morning and hit quite the rainstorm in the Cascades, but it gave us some beauty we didn't expect. Winter doesn't seem to want to go away this year... the only way the snow is melting right now is with the constant rain! As always, it was a dramatic view of the intense and tragic burn along the highway from the 2003 B&B Complex fire. Map to Complex Fire This was a huge and hot fire and the land is still struggling to heal itself. That fire was a horrible and long event. One we won't quickly forget. We were astonished to see the large waterfall down the side of the mountain --- not that it was there, but that we got to see it. It is ... read more