Walk On

Welcome to the Walk of The Heroines

Refresh. Immerse. Enjoy. (But only if you want to...!)

Should you ever be fortunate enough to find yourself in the fair city of Portland, 
Oregon, with time on your hands after seeing the obligatory low-key 
bohemian/intellectual/Portlandia sights (Mary's Topless, Voodoo Donuts, Powell's Books, 23rd Street Cinema, the hand-crafted brew venues), there is a place of refuge to gather one's thoughts. On Portland State Campus they have installed the Walk of the Heroines (www.woh.pdx.edu/). 

Saunter, under a sky the color of pewter, as you read the inspiring inscriptions etched onto stones, the world's wisdom -- literally -- at your feet. 

Until that happy day when you trod upon this sacred cement and carved stone, admire the verdant hills, watch a hummingbird flutter onto a branch, a bee play among the flowers (so, this was what your mum meant when she sat you down and gave you that talk on the "birds and the bees"). 

Welcome. As has been said in certain circles which I've been known to stalk the periphery, "C'mon, take a walk with me -- I ain't askin' here."

Indeed.