A Treehouse, a little you-and-me house

Out of the blue a young woman named Meaghan requested to friend me on Facebook. I’ve had several ambiguous friend requests from cute young women and usually I click “ignore.” But Meaghan was different. Not that she isn’t cute. She’s lovely, in fact. It was something else—call it a vibe. I don’t friend anyone without first investigating them, and I discovered that Meaghan was in the process of bicycling across the country to raise money for three charities. Playing For Change Foundation builds schools for children in places that lack the resources to do so. Trees for the Future uses an agroforestry system to plant trees in deforested areas and educates people about rebuilding land to be sustainable. The Connecticut Chapter of Surfrider collaborates to keep beaches and ocean waters clean and to protect natural habitats along the Connecticut coastline. That all sounded pretty good to me. Meaghan left Seattle June 1 and celebrated her 31 st birthday on June 6 in Portland. When s...