The Oregon Extension

So for three weeks I lived with 19 other women on a mountain outside of Ashland, Oregon. We affectionately called it Fem Camp because we were taking a course on Women's Studies. It was a new, and at times frustrating, experience for me to be so isolated in terms of technology and the amount of people that were around, but it was also a time for quietness and reflection. We spent the mornings together having discussions, listening to lectures, or doing poetry workshops. The environment of listening, acceptance, and love was a beautiful thing to be a part of. I was challenged to rethink many of the things I have been taught and rework those ideas so that I could truly own the things I believe about myself, about religion, and about society. I am full of gratitude that I was able to be a part of this experience and I am trying to carry the changes with me as I assimilate back into regular life.
Peace, Kate J Miller

Hike to Hobart's Bluff

My dear friend Karis


Beautiful Evening Light

Maggie--this is one creative girl who is so full of life, can't you tell?

Crater Lake

Me and Elise

Rebecca, one of the faculty members, poet extraordinaire

oh and she's also hilarious

Fierce with intensity

a softer side

our beautiful group of scholars

Nancy, co-creator of the program, also mother nature incarnate, she's a lovely soul