Happy New Year from an Island in the North Pacific
In the winter of 1984, I delivered my personal belongings to a Seattle shipping company and then drove to SeaTac airport to…
December 30, 2015
In the winter of 1984, I delivered my personal belongings to a Seattle shipping company and then drove to SeaTac airport to…
December 30, 2015
If you’re like me, you need a goal—even a tiny one—or you might end up like a lost duck, waddling along the lake shore, but…
December 29, 2015
Wishing you and your loved ones a Christmas filled with joy and light,
December 23, 2015
For over 20 years I’ve photographed snowflakes. Call it a favorite pastime. But global warming is not kind to snowflakes.…
December 18, 2015
So my husband and I are on a road trip from Kodiak Island to the big city of Anchorage, Alaska.…
December 12, 2015
Every morning at 6 AM, our public radio station wakes us up with Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac. If you haven’t heard the podcast…
December 7, 2015
A recent snowfall found me in a nostalgic mood, so I sat down to watch Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the animated…
December 4, 2015
It’s almost Thanksgiving and your assignment is to bring dessert. Eee-gads, what can you create that’s different, but something that even cranky Uncle…
November 24, 2015
Have you ever arrived in a community and felt hugged? That was my first impression about Edmonds, Washington, my sister’s…
November 12, 2015
As I sipped my coffee, a large BC Ferry made its way through the narrow, granite-lined channel in front of the…
November 9, 2015