Outside My Window — Know/Not Knowing

Eruption, acrylic on canvas by Michelle Lindblom, artist

Several years ago when taking a writing class from a local Bend, OR writer, Sarah Cyr, one of the prompts we were encouraged to write about was — outside the window of my house….

When I look out my front window I see the beautiful hills of Smith Rock to the northeast of Bend. The best times of day are in the early morning and later afternoon when the shadows create magnificent hard edges that take on…