The Resilience of Tiny Things: Raising Young Children in The Pandemic

Our hazardous air quality in Oregon keeps me from nature journaling outdoors. Instead, I make ink and watercolor paintings in … More

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Birds, Faith and Troubled Times

  Without prayer, without faith in the Almighty, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings. … More

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Learning Something During COVID 19 Home Isolation: Birding

  As COVID 19 home isolation continues, I have taken the advice of the magician, Merlin, and decided to learn … More

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Art in The Time of COVID-19: Nature Journaling and Masks

This entry in my nature journal was drawn from life, while wearing a mask, alone, outdoors. As a nurse, I’m … More

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Learning: The Best Thing for Being Sad

In a previous post, I referred to reading T. H. White’s The Once and Future King last year. Written in … More

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Adapting to Stay at Home Order

This is a recent page from my nature journal. With Oregon’s Stay at Home order in place, I’m not able … More

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Adult Learning: Identifying Clouds, Nursing and The Freedom to Be Wrong

I mentioned in previous posts I’ve taken up nature journaling as a new hobby. I enjoy it for many reasons: … More

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JParadisiRN’s 11 Favorite Things of 2019 List

  As a final commemoration of the 10th year anniversary of blogging at JParadisiRN, I decided to create my first-ever … More

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Lovingkindness: My Experience Growing Grandiflora Magnolias From Seed

Two years ago, I became enamored of magnolia trees. It began with my observations of a particular tulip magnolia tree … More

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