After having a farewell lunch with @popegrutch I'm now sitting in the Eugene Public Library for a couple more hours until my train back to Portland leaves.

Eugene is my fav city in the US. Every time I have to leave, part of me resists because "Eugene is my home" in some way that defies explanation. 

Even though I was born in Illinois, grew up in Hawai'i, and have lived in Portland for the past 16 years. 🤷‍♀️

For anyone who's been following my casts about my trip to Eugene:

I'm back in Portland safely. Rail travel is the best! I find it so much less stressful than flying and riding in passenger cars.

Of course the first thing I did after returning to my studio was turn on my favorite dark ambient and drone music. 🎶

For anyone who's been following my casts about my trip to Eugene:

I'm back in Portland safely. Rail travel is the best! I find it so much less stressful than flying and riding in passenger cars.

Of course the first thing I did after returning to my studio was turn on my favorite dark ambient and drone music. 🎶 

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Can't seem to change my Warpcast location from Eugene back to Portland for some reason. 

Maybe I'll just leave it as Eugene... lol.

Some might call it fate!

Glad you made it back, even if you had to drag an anchor all the way there!

Was a mutual pleasure! 

My brain's been tingling with follow up topics I'll be anxious to formulate more when I get past the pre-trip bustle 😁

Haha... sure, I'll go with "fate." ;)

Such a pleasure to meet you IRL, Trigs! Thanks again for the great company and fantastic conversation.