I just returned from the 2015 International Beachcombing Conference (IBC) held on the Olympic Peninsula, and am still flying high.  Five days of joy, exhilaration, camaraderie, HAPPINESS, learning, fun, laughs,  and ENERGY! Times like these are what make life worth living for … Continue reading Filling My Bucket at IBC-15

Keeping your head on straight in these recessionary times can be a challenge. But one affordable way to weather worry may be right outside your door. It’s your “N-Spot,” that special place in nature that can lift your mood like … Continue reading The Zen of N: Finding Bliss in your Nature Spot

Last year was the first time in six years we did not have an International Beachcombing Conference. This was because I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer (resulting from an inherited BRCA1 gene) in January. Seven months of operations and weekly … Continue reading A Beachcomber’s Walk with Cancer

Beachcombing teaches that good things might tumble in on the very next wave or perhaps tomorrow with the new dawn. You never know what may be just around the corner in your life or around the next jetty post on … Continue reading NEVER LOSE HEART!