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Welcome To Firepoint Cafe!
Cafes hold a special place in many cultures and communities as gathering spots for people to engage in conversation and share ideas. There is an enduring appeal of cafes, making them an integral parts of people’s lives that they return to again, and again. I invite you to step inside Firepoint Cafe, grab your favorite cup of something and find something that will spark conversation and inspiration.
Excuse me, I’m going to go saunter now
I've learned a new way to experience the outdoors and I had to come all the way to the Redwoods National Forest to learn how. From now on, I'm going to saunter through the woods, not "hike". Why? I was inspired by a writing I stumbled upon before my trip out West,...
Women Of the Confluence: Chloe Blodgett program for Women’s History Month
I love to do historical research and in 2023 I became absorbed in learning more about my hometown's founding settlers. I did the research as a part of a program I was offering at Nature At the Confluence, an environmental center located at the confluence of Turtle...
What is Firepoint Cafe?
Welcome to Firepoint Cafe, where I am virtually serving up my experiences, thoughts and photos to the world. I hope you will enjoy Firepoint Cafe enough that you'll pull up a chair, grab your favorite beverage and consume some of what is being dished up! Why...
Firepoint Inspiration >> Hit Repeat
I enjoy walking the trails at Nature At The Confluence several times a week and finding new things to see and hear, and finding new ways to experience nature. It’s never the same walk, as new things are exposed, or even obscured as the season changes. Even the time of day I visit makes a difference because the lighting changes what I see, or how I see it.
I encourage you to “Find “Your Place” by choosing one place to visit through the seasons, such as a park, and make it “your place”, or it could even be one small place in that park, such as log or rock you sit on, noticing all the ways your place changes through the season. Intentionally see it with new eyes and new ears, and I think you’ll leave your “place” with a renewed spirit. Watch the “Hit Repeat” video for inspiration. All photos in “Hit Repeat” were captured by Therese Oldenburg as she walked the trails at Nature At The Confluence throughout the seasons.