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Rural doctor, mom, writes poems, dance, sing.

Category Archives: hike

August 6, 2021 by drkottaway

green roof

At Fort Worden, Washington.

Posted in Beloved, hike, longing, outdoors, photography, wear your mask
Tagged Fort Worden, green, green roof, hike, history, photography, roof, Washington State
August 5, 2021 by drkottaway

bee happy

Posted in garden, happy, happy things A to Z, hike, outdoors, photography
Tagged bee, flower, garden, happy, honey, honeybee, joy, outdoors, photography
August 2, 2021 by drkottaway

Sky Face

I took this walking North Beach yesterday. I was wearing my oxygen, too.

Posted in agate, beach, Beloved, hike, home, photography, Salish Sea, sky, water, water color
Tagged break, cloud, hypoxic, Light, oxygen, photography, pneumonia, sky, you know you are hypoxic when
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July 27, 2021 by drkottaway

green rock

Posted in abandoned, grief, hike, loss, photography, spirit, Stages of grief
Tagged alone, green, grief, hike, loss, move on, photography, rock, Salish Sea, searching for agates, water
July 26, 2021 by drkottaway

heart rock with arteries and veins

Posted in 7 sins and friends, abandoned, agate, angel, beach, Beloved, friendship, heart, hike, lonely, longing, loss, loving kindness, Salish Sea
Tagged abandoned, disappear, friend, heart, hike, learn, loss, research, retreat, rock, Salish Sea, searching for agates, study
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July 25, 2021 by drkottaway

heart rock 6

Can a broken stone heart be mended?

Posted in activist, agate, angel, beach, Beloved, hike, loss, love, peace, spirit
Tagged activist, agate, beach, broken, give up, grief, heart, heart rock, heartbeat, hike, loss, love, spirit, tachycardia, work
July 21, 2021 by drkottaway

heart rock 4

Do you see hearts in rock?

Posted in agate, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, grief, heart, hike, outdoors, spirit, Stages of grief
Tagged adore, agate, Beloved, friend, grief, hike, loss, love, rock, Salish Sea, spirit
July 20, 2021 by drkottaway

empty shell

Posted in agate, breathe, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, healing, health insurance, heart, hike, loss, outdoors, pneumonia, spirit, your health care dollar
Tagged agate, break, empty, friend, hike, lonely, loss, love, outdoors, shell, spirit
July 18, 2021 by drkottaway

gray shades

Posted in agate, beach, breathe, grief, heart, hike, loss, spirit, Stages of grief
Tagged beach, Beloved, friend, hike, loss, love, rock, spirit, stone
July 16, 2021 by drkottaway

see rock

What do you see?

Posted in 7 sins and friends, agate, death is part of life, friendship, grief, hike, loss, spirit, Stages of grief
Tagged chronic pain, grief, heart, hike, loss, love, rock, sea, see, spirit, vision
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I am a rural family practice doctor in a town of 9000. My patients range from newborns to 104 years old and I have been delivering babies for 18 years. Feel free to contact me directly by email.

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Wordflower poetry & fiction

Home to the Longette & Longette Lite

realintelligencetoo

Intelligence that is not artificial: we are real.

blindwilderness.wordpress.com/

BLIND WILDERNESS

From the Back of the Wardrobe

in front of the garden gate - JezzieG

My Slice of Mexico

Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada

Ruth Blogs Here

Or not, depending on my mood

Blog of Hammad Rais

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain!

pensitivity101

An onion has many layers. So have I!

Adventures on the Trail

Exploring the great outdoors one step at a time

Rhymes, Dreams, Fantasy and Thoughts

Some of the creative paths that escaped from my brain!

Roaringwater Journal

Whispering Gums

Books, reading and more ... with an Australian focus ... written on Ngunnawal Country

Poetry and Prose of Ken Hume

Engaging in some lyrical athletics whilst painting pictures with words and pounding the pavement. I run; blog; write poetry; chase after my kids & drink coffee.

Half-fast Cycling Club

Coast-to-coast US bike tour

Prompt Engineer Consultant

Generative AI

thedihedral.wordpress.com/

Climbing, Outdoors, Life!

pictures imperfect blog

imperfect pictures

eklastic

Refugees welcome - FlΓΌchtlinge willkommen I am teaching German to refugees. Ich unterrichte geflΓΌchtete Menschen in der deutschen Sprache. I am writing this blog in English and German because my friends speak English and German. Ich schreibe auf Deutsch und Englisch, weil meine Freunde Deutsch und Englisch sprechen.

Kamerapromenader

En fotoblogg

Writer Ravenclaw

Books by author Diana Coombes

la floralie 4

NEW FLOWERY JOURNEYS

Peace Hacks

in search of a better us

Gabriele Romano

Less Noise. More Meaning

Alchemy

Art from the Earth

ATFK

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Taking the camera for a walk!!!

The Curry Apple Orchard

Reflections of An Untidy Mind

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The Count Of North Clifton

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