A different kind of 4th

McMenamins is a local chain of bars and restaurants.

Winter stopped by

February is when this area begins to look like Spring. It always cracks me up because I’ve lived in the coldest, snowiest places for much of my life. Idaho, Vermont, Nevada, Colorado, Alaska – all these places with serious no-holds-barred winter. February is still dead of winter in those places. But here, daffodils are putting […]

Mailbox Update

Getting projects done is so enjoyable when someone else is doing it.

Party

How can I be so lucky to have these great people in my life?

Track Day

My neighbor Richard Gaboury has an annual track day at his place, co-hosted by his buddy Tim Oyler. Track Day is the most redneck fun I have all year. It might help to explain that I’m from redneck stock. The people who raised me (family+community) are good, country folk. I spent my childhood in […]

Oregon’s Wildlife Safari

Wildlife Safari is the only drive-through animal park in the state.

Gig Harbor music scene

I was a quiet, wide-eyed witness to musicians simply reveling in the joy of making music.

Tara is 21

Dang, it went like a blink!

Last Trip to the Snake

For awhile it seemed like paradise, this 5 acre plot of land on the banks of the Snake River, just southwest of Boise, Idaho. And when my Pa was younger, the upkeep was somewhat invigorating. But health problems mounted, and the work was never done. Morally defeating was the fact that tasks completed had to […]

Black Violin at the Schnitz

“For us the violin is the vehicle for a bigger message, which is not to be afraid to be different,” Kev Marcus.