by Ira | Jun 17, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, Jon Heinichen. I love you, dad! You taught me everything I need to know about being compassionate, humorous, moral, and creative. Among everything else! 🙂 We went on a nice little hike today out by the gorge with Scott and Amir....
by Ira | Jun 16, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Omg. The photo for tonight is PERFECT. We went to Powell’s book store today, which is apparently the largest book store in the country (?), and it’s so cool. I’ve written about it before. Three floors of an entire city block, books, new, old,...
by Ira | Jun 15, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
We made it to Portland! And we are staying in a very swanky hotel. Their motif here is Tiffany blue, it would seem. Lots of Tiffany blue 🙂 This is a side of Portland that we really don’t get to see when we come here for the holidays or exclusively to visit with...
by Ira | Jun 14, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Taking a little trip tomorrow! We’re headed up to Portland with some friends of ours. Liz just wrapped on a project, and it’s as good a time as any for me to get out of town, too for a couple days. Nothing crazy. Just the weekend. Looking forward to some...
by Ira | Jun 13, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
So much of what I’m doing right now is outside of my comfort zone. I realize that’s where the “magic” in life happens, when we push out our boundaries, grow, learn, and experience new things…but it does take its toll. It’s hard work...