Other side of the planet

I’ll try to keep this short.

Extended Birthday

I celebrated for five days in a row this year. I think I deserve it. 😉 My birthday was Tuesday, but I took a few days off work and began the reveling on the Saturday before. First up was an overdue visit to my friend Vladimir in St. Johns, a neighborhood of Portland. We went […]

Good Things Jar – 2015, 2016, 2017

A long time ago I wrote a post called Good Things Jar, in which I explained that I had heard about this project and had successfully completed my first year of recording good things in 2014. I never wrote about it again. The idea is easy to find in many versions on the Internet. And […]

Critters

I like to believe they all make up my own personal menagerie.

Why is this the moment of truth?

I’ve been raised in a world where the norm is to make assumptions about people based on skin colour.

On a trail again

On the trail is where I find my bliss.

The sun returns

The draw here is the blue-green clay and weathered formations that tower up from the trail.

Totality

And then, blam! A distinct change in light and temperature.

Ballard Locks

I recommend the Ballard neighborhood to any Seattle visitors.

Saline Courthouse and buffalo

The Cherokee actually have two buffalo herds: the TV buffalo and the wild buffalo.