Joe and Diana Visit

 Last week, on May 7, long time friends Joe and Diana from Napa stopped to visit us.  They were returning from Seattle where their daughter Erin lives with her family.  We spent the afternoon visiting at the house, driving up to the Cape Perpetua lookout, and later having dinner at The Drift Inn.  It was a very pleasant visit catching up with them.  Erin and Andria were born about the same time and have been best friends all these years.

Joe and Diana

Diana was the school psychologist where I taught, and Joe worked with me as a teacher in the Adolescent Program at Napa State Hospital back in the early 80's.  Joe is a poet and wrote a poem about Yachats the day after our visit.

Yachats, Oregon

    The Pacific blanket shakes itself out 

    endlessly, and all its ripples end up here on

    what is called a rugged coast because it’s

    full of rocks and massive trees - but few in California

    contemplate its wide, clean beaches, or the

    angled chilly sunlight that perpetually paints

    in greens and greys – and few among our millions

    venture this far north for scenery and rustic

    charm, or make the effort to ride out the 101

    to where artists are home, and homes are made

    by transplants who have found themselves

    awake in paradise.