Author Archives: Maggie C

About Maggie C

Stained glass artist, writer, respecter of life.

Wordless Wednesday 9.22.21

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Maggie C

Posted in nature, Photography, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged clouds, sky, sunset, trees, Wordless Wednesday | Leave a comment

storm

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Maggie C

Low clouds loom, dooming twilight into gloom, dusk into the blackness of a hidden-moon nocturnal tomb. Garish winds grow more incessant, effervescent, iridescent; raging, though irrelevant as I insist on lingering, beneath the skies that ravage me; notwithstanding tendencies to … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged acrostic, dVerse poets, linger, quadrille, storm | 16 Comments

Vancouver, USA Summer Spots (Walks #10 and #11)

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Maggie C

As our Vancouver USA Summer Spots Challenge walks continue, Chules and I moved on to the Salmon Creek Greenway Trail and the Lacamas Heritage Trail. The Salmon Creek Greenway Trail check-in was at the west end of the trail. The … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, photo essay, Washington | Tagged Lacamas Heritage Trail, Lacamas Lake, Salmon Creek Trai, Vancouver WA | Leave a comment

Wordless Wednesday 8.25.21

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Maggie C

Posted in nature, Photography, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged Battle Ground Lake, forest, lake, Washington State | Leave a comment

Vancouver, USA Summer Spots (Walk #9)

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Maggie C

In our quest to complete the Vancouver USA Summer Spots Challenge (and thereby be entered into a drawing for which I no longer even remember what the prizes are), Chules and I made our ninth outing a trip to Washougal, … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, photo essay, Washington | Tagged Captain William Clark Park, Chinook tribe, Chules, Cottonwood Beach, dugout canoe, Lewis and Clark, nature hikes, Vancouver WA, Washington State | Leave a comment

Vancouver, USA Summer Spots (Walk #8)

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Maggie C

At the halfway point of the Visit Vancouver USA challenge (an app designed to encourage participants to get outdoors and explore the area), my eighth walk took me to the banks of the Columbia River and the Waterfront Renaissance Trail. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art as Art, photo challenge, photo essay, Washington | Tagged Columbia River, Ilchee, PPAC, public art, summer, Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Wendy Rose, Women Who Weld | 19 Comments

Vancouver, USA Summer Spots (Walk #7)

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Maggie C

The 7th outing for the Summer Challenge walks took us to Klineline Pond. Fortunately we could do our gps check-in from the parking lot because – after paying the parking fee – we discovered that my fur buddy Chules was … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, photo essay, Washington | Tagged Klineline Pond, nature, Salmon Creek, summer, Vancouver WA | 3 Comments

Vancouver, USA Summer Spots (Walks #5 and #6)

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Maggie C

The next two checkpoints on my Summer Challenge site visits were Vancouver Lake Park and Frenchman’s Bar Park. I went to Vancouver Lake first. I have to admit I wasn’t super impressed with the park. It’s got picnic tables and … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, photo essay, Washington | Tagged Chules, Frenchman's Bar Park, summer, Vancouver Lake Park, Vancouver WA | Leave a comment

Vancouver, USA Summer Spots (Walks #3 and #4)

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Maggie C

Continuing with my Summer Challenge walks, my third and fourth outings were practically at the same location, so I’ll cover them both here. Fort Vancouver was established in 1824 as a fur trading post by the Hudson’s Bay Company. The … Continue reading →