This year has sucked. It just has. There have been moments of joy, but we’re all just exhausted from the fear, news, and devastation of 2020. It’s time for the joy of fall. The enjoyment of Halloween.

I first visited Oregon in 1997, when I was seventeen years old, and dating a young man from Corbett. In the days before the internet and texting, I would run out to the old metal mailbox in front of our farm house every afternoon to see if the mailman had left a letter from Jesse.

Artist Scott Radke is well-known in the art community for his incredible figural sculptures and instantly recognizable style.

Recently, Christina Allen Page, owner of the candle and bath and body product company Sihaya & Company, contacted me about unboxing some of her products on my YouTube channel.

Secret treasure. Just the two words send a thrill through me. It seems like a somewhat universal condition to get excited by the idea of discovering a secret treasure, whether by accident or by solving a series of clues.