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Seattle Articles
Starting a Journey… Again
Backing up a bit, here are some journal excerpts from March 18, 2012, in Burien, WA, as I reflected on my...
Lunar Eclipse
The alarm went off at 4:15 a.m. so I could get up on a cold night and watch the moon and its light on the water change...
11:11 on 11/11/11
A singular minute in our lives. We'll have to wait another hundred years to have such a congruence of numbers in time...
Walking Under Blue Skies
How dreamy to stroll under clear blue skies on a warm September afternoon, with neighbors from near and far. We had...
Bike SaFaRis: Safe Family Rides
Ignite an early enthusiasm for being on two wheels. Teach "bike sense" and street smarts to little ones. Gather people...
We Walked. We Talked.
People came in ones, twos and threes and gathered on the grassy knoll in the center of Burien's Town Square. Mothers...
Nonna and Ziggy
There's some heavy petting going on, and purring fills the house. Nonna is queenlike on her fat cushion. And Ziggy -...
A Neighborly Salad
Part of what makes this feel like home is having my dear neighbors show up at my door with a fresh harvest of arugula...
Crow in the Stewartia
Journal Entry: June 27, 7:00 a.m. Jet black crow in the Stewartia tree, and other morning birds singing. The Olympic...
Cheap Motel on a Muggy Night
Friday, June 24 Just after midnight last night I checked into a cheap motel along the highway in Atlanta. I had been...
Brrrr, It’s Cold!
It's mid-April and COLD! Every morning at about 9:00 I look out to the thermometer on my back porch and it says 40...
Beach Walk
Hour and a half. A slow 4 miles. Beach. Hill trail. Neighborhoods. Wind, rain, hail, sunshine. Singing birds and...
A Merchandising Puzzle
While you're shopping for Chocolate Pudding Mix, don't forget the garlic! Really? I'm still scratching my head...
Milan Thoughts in the Rain
On a rainy day in Seattle - there have been so many lately - the car in front of me was branded "Milan" and my...
Figure of Speech
Ten years ago today, the earth shook both Seattle and my life. "Scared to death" is not just a figure of speech.
Catkins Poppin’
In spite of the snow and hail that keep passing through… and the continued temperatures in the 30s, signs of...
Milano Coat
While waiting to meet with a client, I stopped in a book store to browse and get a coffee. This man was in line in...
Shadow Tree
The most beautiful thing I saw today. The scene: a building along the west of a busy mall parkway in south Seattle,...
Maiden Octopus
Saturday. Past 10:00 in the evening and the house smells good of octopus cooking since 9:26. A few garlic cloves, a...