2018 Roadtrip Recap, Fire Support, Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, everyone! Before we move too far into 2019, I want to say thank you for all your support and emails this past year. I loved reading every word....
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Teresa’s personal blogs
Personal blog: My Five Month Cross-Country Journey
My five-month cross country roadtrip and has been a journey in every sense of the word: physically, emotionally, and spiritually. There is so much to say and hundreds...
My time working fire support at Salmon-August Complex and Tubbs Fire
It’s been not one but two fires camps since my last post. Geez, a lot happened in only five weeks! In September, I worked fire support for the Salmon-August...
I’m going to work fire support
Tomorrow I leave to go work fire support at an “incident command post” (ICP) in northern California, U.S.A. Why am I doing this? Because I want to. Because I can....
Overcome Setbacks: make the best of a bad situation
Everyone has to overcome setbacks. Sometimes they are tiny and easy to resolve. Often, they are significant and take months or years to recover. The U.S. is facing...
Personal post: ash from nearby forest fires falls in Portland, OR USA,
Get ready. This is not my usual video post since it has nothing to do with making Ballroom, Country or Skate dresses. However, the somberness of hundreds of thousands of...
In This Moment: Lessons From My Cat And Dog
I live in Portland, Oregon U.S.A. This is a city that seldom gets snow and when we do, it is only a little bit that melts in a day or two. However, here is my...
Stop And Appreciate Beauty All Around You
a On December 25th, 2016 I spent a glorious day alone on the Oregon coast at Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge. The magnificence of that day inspired me to...