CROSS-BLOGGING

GOOD MORNING, CAMPERS!!

JUST A REMINDER THIS BLOG IS 'ADDRESSED' TO:

1. OTHER BLOGGERS & FRIENDS
2. DOG AND CAT LOVERS
3. MY FRIENDS TO WHOM I KEEP SENDING THIS SILLY THING
4. MY COLLEAGUES AND CLIENTS WHO MAY BE ON THE SAME 'WAVELENGTH' (my poor website which needs better skills help)
5. MY WONDERFUL ALUMNI STUDENTS EVERYWHERE!!!
6. BUDGET ROAD TRAVELERS ON THE WEST COAST OF THE USA, AND/OR VISITORS WHO'D LIKE RECOMMENDATIONS
7. ANYONE ELSE I CAN LURE INTO CYBER-CONVERSATION....... ;)

I'm reminding readers who don't "click on my computer profile" that I have another serious blog,too:

http://ieresourcenetwork.blogspot.com

Click on over!

I'll list some study abroad and adventures abroad here

NO EDUCATION IS COMPLETE WITHOUT INTERCULTURAL EXPERIENCES!!

• http://www.transitionsabroad.com/

• http://www.studyabroad.com

• Adventures Abroad: Welcome

These are some of the best known resources for finding great opportunities! Don't forget any consortium which may be connected with your current school, or possibilities through local service clubs such as Rotary!

PS. AN INTERCULTURAL EXPERIENCE CAN BE ACROSS THE STREET, TOO!

VARIOUS WEBSITES AND BLOGS I'M VISITING

I enjoy these frequently for ideas and inspiration.

Let me know if you do, too.

• http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/newsh/items/home/item_216.html

• http://www.orblogs.com/

• http://www.globeofblogs.com/

Watch for updates, or suggest some, dozo!

ALL THE BERNARDS YOU CAN USE

STILL LEARNING HOW TO UPLOAD;

GETTA LOAD OF THIS WEBRING!

http://e.webring.com/hub?ring=saint_bernard

By the way, my childhood companion in my Pacific Northwest childhood was a grandaughter of the famous St. Bernard on the old TOPPER show!

My Heidi was born on Prune Hill in Camas, WA, in a large litter, about 1953 or '54; she was about half short-haired and half longish haired, I recall....that's all I know as I was about 5 when she came home with us. Anyone connect with that from a dog perspective, or something else?

Thanks....~KWW

P.S.: Good grief--look at these canine choices!

http://www.cafepress.com/buy/saint+bernard

YES, SHE FINALLY REACHED RETIREMENT!

MY FAVORITE ALUMNI CONNECTION CORNER

CALLING ALL ALUMNI AND FRIENDS

FROM THAT CLUB OR CLASS OF OURS!!

Hello, Everyone!

I'm playing with this blog to learn how it can help with sharing and communication now that I've just retired. My computer's address book crashed, so I wasn't able to send this to you until now (thanks, you know who!). My other "serious blog" is available through the "Complete Profile" click.

Please let me know what you're up to, and share my info with other alums from our time together. If you give me permission, we can use this as an updating area.

Or you can use my home email as always, williams@snowcrest.net. Are you working in an area that your education led you towards? What are you doing for fun and hobbies? Can we visit you wherever you are!? ;)

Michael and I are fine and enjoying traveling all over the West Coast. Plan to come to the 50th reunion next year--we can plan another great BBQ!

Very best wishes, ~Kathi (who has all the old photo albums)

BACK TO THE DOGS FOR A MOMENT

IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT A CLICK CAN BRING YOU....

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/search/search.aspx?cfpt=&q=st+bernards&cfpt2=%3A&copt=&source=searchBox&x=19&y=10

WOOF WOOF WOOF

SOME SPECIFIC LINKS

• http://www.terrificpets.com/dog_breeds/Saint_Bernard.asp
• http://www.saintrescue.org/

I have yet to read these in depth or verify...carpe canem.

DOGS ARE FROM A DIFFERENT CULTURE...

On the Subject of Pets, Childhood and Otherwise....

Being now owned by three long-resident felines, I now regard my friends' canine creatures with intercultural interest, both near and far. There's no place like a dog park or a backyard potluck with the pups for a world of metaphors...

We've recently visited good friends who are served by an elderly, stately Golden Retriever, in one household; two synchronized, white female hyper Jack Russells in another. On the same trip, we found a dreamy, cozy, marvelous motel (off season) presided over by two ancient female Pugs who sun themselves as the shadows cross the palm trees.

Maybe a medium-sized dog would be great when we ever slow down...I recently met a wonderful tri-color Australian Shepherd who must have been the cutest fluffball.

But then I enjoy most things Australian. I spent a month there in '91 and loved every minute. After Bali, and before Japan.


C'mon now, somebody chime in, bark bark...

SOME THOUGHTFUL QUOTATIONS TO CONSIDER

I'm thinking of these in the context of facilitating learning, as well as aesthetically and metaphorically. What do they bring to your mind?

• "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." ~Marcel Proust
• "Sometimes you have to take the test before you've finished studying." ~Cynthia Copeland Lewis in Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me

^ ^ ~ ~^ ^

• We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose." ~Indira Gandhi
• "The wise leader is like water." ~John Heider in The Tao of Leadership
• "CULTURE=an integrated system of learned behavior patterns that are characteristic of the members of any given society." ~L.Robert Kohls in Survival Kit for Overseas Living

TECH TOOLS FOR NEOPHYTES

I SAID I WAS A BEGINNER

• http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1123/p16s01-stct.html Tips for Newbies
• http://blogher.org/about-this-network Lots of ideas here for design, topics, exploration

Please feel free to suggest good URLS for beginners, por favor!

SOME OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES TO STAY

Here are Some Delightful Spots We Like to Visit:

http://www.moteldelrogue.com: Reasonable, friendly, with great innkeepers, and a gorgeous riverside setting near Grant's Pass. OR! We've been visiting this delightful place for the last five years. Some of my friends and I have an annual "Cooling Women" retreat here,while the husbands go somewhere else.

http://www.sailorjack.com: This is a real bargain, some thirty steps above a very long, wide beach in Lincoln City, OR. There is a sauna on the second floor. We recommend staying on the bottom floor so you can enjoy the little balconies. Pets are welcome in some rooms, and it's near a discount outlet, ( with Coldwater Creek!), as well as a huge casino.

http://www.wheeleronthebay.com/index.shtml: This little gem is right on Nehalem Bay further up the Oregon Coast. Most rooms have great tub-saunas, you can rent a kayak, and the wildlife is terrific!

http://www.coyoteinn.net/: This is where I'd take my friends if I won the lottery. Home of those sunbathing pugs.

MORE TO COME--FEEL FREE TO SHARE YOUR BEST FINDS!

MY SISTER WAS A ST BERNARD

...adventures of a '50's pacific northwest childhood and beyond...

Howdy there....I have another serious blog, but this is one to play with and learn from as I share a different side of myself and my o'hana (Hawaiian for extended family circle). I'm very new to this, and I've been cruising many other blogs on a steep learning curve while the snow piles up (again) outside our rural woodsy home.

I really did have a dog sister, and as an only child growing (half-way) up overlooking the Columbia River in Washington state, my large pet Heidi became a symbol of a middle-class childhood long before I knew what class meant.

I've spent my 50+ years living and working and playing all over the West Coast of the USA, and now my hubby and I enjoy serendipitous road trips which often end up in marvelous places which I'll recommend to you fellow space and time travelers as I can.

Next step is to figure out how to upload pictures and construct something interesting....how do you get links to parade down the right or left side on this program!?

Cheers, ~Kathi