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Oct 19, 2024
Bend, OR - To the gazebo
When I found out about this labyrinth, what struck me first was the structure at the center. It's on a private property on a rural...

Oct 18, 2024
Bend, OR - A rocky sight
At the rear of a church parking lot, I encountered a large garden area, with benches, memorial tributes, artwork, and, of course, a...

Oct 17, 2024
Bend, OR - Autumn wandering
This labyrinth, like much of Bend, is made for exploring, It's down the hill from the First Presbyterian Church and is directly off of a...

Sep 20, 2024
Portland, OR - A new addition
Very few of the labyrinths I find these days are 'new' to their existence. Just being constructed within the past decade is fairly rare,...

May 30, 2024
Bandon, OR - Circles in the Sand, 2024 Edition (Memorial Day Weekend)
I'm turning this post over to my wife ( & partner & labyrinth companion & official website photographer) who always knows best how to...

May 29, 2024
Bandon, OR - Elsewhere at Bandon Dunes
For many years, I've been coming to Bandon, a town on the central Oregon Coast, about four-plus hours from Portland, for the annual...

May 6, 2024
Manzanita, OR - World Labyrinth Day 2024
The forecast for Saturday was heavy, gusting rain, which was unfortunate given that it was also World Labyrinth Day. But I was heartened...

Feb 1, 2024
Estacada, OR - A library labyrinth
My search for labyrinths takes me far and wide. Having never been to the small rural town of Estacada, about an hour from Portland, I saw...


Jan 31, 2024
Gresham, OR - Purple wonder
At St. Luke the Physician Episcopal Church in Gresham, Oregon, a Portland suburb, I've known about the labyrinth there for awhile. It's...


Jan 30, 2024
Estacada, OR - Among the fir trees
This one is in a grand setting, precisely in the middle of a large grove of fir trees, and set back from the parking area and the church...


Sep 12, 2023
Portland, OR - A ghost in the labyrinth?
In the city of Portland, Mount Tabor rises in the east as one of the most distinctive parts of the city. It's a volcanic cinder cone that...


Sep 11, 2023
Portland, OR - Peace in the heights
Tabor Heights is the name of a neighborhood that plays a small role in Boardwalk Empire, which was HBO a few years ago. It has nothing to...


Sep 6, 2023
Sisters, OR - A community treasure
When a community has its own 'Community Labyrinth', I'm impressed. And Sisters, Oregon, a quaint town in the central part of the state,...


Sep 5, 2023
Sisters, OR - Peaceful among the pines
Towering pine trees fill the block that houses the Church of the Transfiguration in Sisters, Oregon. It's an idyllic setting, and though...

Aug 30, 2023
Hillsboro, OR - Celtic festival fun
I hadn't planned on attending the Celtic Fantasy Faire happening recently in Hillsboro, OR, but when I heard there would be a pop-up...

Jun 26, 2023
Portland, OR - A faded rose
It could use a fresh coat of paint, but most of the large 11-circuit labyrinth at St. Rose School in Northeast Portland was visible...


Jun 20, 2023
Bandon, OR - Circles in the Sand, 2023 edition
It's hard to convey to my friends and family what Circles in the Sand is about. I generally start by setting the scene - it's a beautiful...

May 31, 2023
Portland, OR - Connecting with neighbors
The school across the street from this small Quaker meeting house, West Hills Friends, in Portland's West Hills area was about to let out...

May 22, 2023
Tualatin, OR - Painted blue
This labyrinth has been one of the trickier ones for me to find. I first learned about it in the early months of the pandemic when...


May 18, 2023
Yamhill, OR - Above the vines
There's a great story to be told at Fairsing Vineyard, resting high atop a hill in Yamhill County in the Oregon wine country known as the...
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