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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
Tonight I was taking pictures of the gorgeous rising moon glowing through an ethereal midnight blue canopy. I was trying out a different camera and was very pleased that I could simply zoom in on the moon and see such detail. What an improvement! This weekend we have a supermoon, technically lunar perigee when the […]
Read More Waxing WednesdayWildfires are raging in Washington, Oregon, Montana, California… it’s never been this bad before that I remember. The past couple of day winds have been spreading the fires, three firefighters were killed, one is in critical condition, others have been injured, and Washington is asking for volunteers to fight the fires because there just isn’t […]
Read More Help Washington Fire VictimsThis image is entitled Stump Barn Near Lebam, Washington and was found among family photos. On the back is written “Sylvester’s.” There were a number of Sylvesters in the Orwig branch of the family tree. This likely refers to the Sylvester Orwig born in 1840 in Ohio. I don’t know if that’s him in the picture, but […]
Read More The Stump BarnEvery July in Enumclaw, Washington, near the southern border of King County, a fabulous festival is held at the old fairgrounds. There is something for everyone– all genres of Celtic music from the traditional to modern Celtic rock, athletic events, food, a kennel show, livestock, clan booths, lectures, processions, pipe and drum competitions, dancers, and […]
Read More The Seattle Highland GamesThis fierce man of metal has stood guard on the west side of SR 169 in Maple Valley for years. He guards a picturesque pasture between the Red Dog, the local dive bar, and the Seattle Agility Center. Normally this burly denizen has a rather robotic-looking, nutsy and boltsy sort of head. He now appears […]
Read More You Shall Not Pass!Now more than one hundred years old, Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington is home to a 1918 statue of Lincoln by Alonzo Victor Lewis. One recent evening I paid a visit to Mr. Lincoln as the evening sun blazed in the west just over the rooftops, which made picture taking challenging. But the shadows […]
Read More Lincoln’s ShadowsThis morning I woke up to a headline on KOMO’s website that simultaneously made my heart sink and my blood boil, Group wants Confederate monument removed from local cemetery. SEATTLE – A Confederate monument in Capitol Hill’s Lake View Cemetery is in the spotlight as a local group calls for its removal. For more than a […]
Read More Destroying the Seattle Confederate MemorialShh. Don’t tell anyone. We haven’t gotten any meaningful amount of rain in Seattle for at least a couple of months and have been stricken by a heat wave. It’s supposed to be nearly 100 tomorrow and will climb over 90 today. We want out-of-staters to believe that it rains all the time here so […]
Read More A Very Bothell FourthMay we turn back towards Him swiftly so we don’t lose our many blessings. No nation on earth has ever been as blessed as we have.
Read More Happy Birthday AmericaNot again. Residents of central Washington are still picking up the pieces from the Carlton Complex Fires less than a year ago and since Sunday Wenatchee, Washington has been in flames. Last I heard, 4000 acres were on fire or had been burned, two fruit packing plants had been destroyed, and 28 houses– primary residences, […]
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