Author: wildninja

Someone like you. Someone who'll rattle the cages. B.A. Criminal Justice, M.A. Forensic Psychology.

Shop Fruitful Farm!

*Please note: Fruitful Farm does not open until May 9th, 2014 at 9:30 A.M. The Restaurant at Rhodes River Ranch is open.   *** Oso businesses suffer as customers stop coming around KOMO just published this great article on how the mudslide is affecting businesses in the Oso area. In a sick twist of irony, […]

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Ahso?

Right now Obama is speaking at the Oso Fire Department a few miles from the horrific mudslide that happened one month ago. Throughout his speech, he has kept referring to… Ahso. Darrington, Arlington, and Ahso. Oso is the Spanish word for bear and I’ve never heard it pronounced any other way than Oh-soh. So I’d […]

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Pleasant Ridge

On a hill overlooking the Skagit Valley near La Conner, Washington is a community called Pleasant Ridge. Settlers began to arrive in the area around the Civil War in the 1860s and gravitated towards the ridge’s elevation as it offered protection from floods. Until the Depression, Pleasant Ridge was a thriving community that contained churches, […]

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“I CAN’T CALL THE POLICE – HE IS THE POLICE!”

Originally posted on Spiritual Side of Domestic Violence:
By Terry Loving “‘You shall not murder.   (Deuteronomy 5:17) “On April 26, 2003 Tacoma Police Chief David Brame fatally wounded his wife, Crystal, and then killed himself.” ……………………………………… “…when a woman calls police to report domestic violence, her chances are at least two out of five that…

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The Blood Moon Tetrad

About midnight Pacific time tomorrow night (April 14th/15th, 2014), a total lunar eclipse will occur. As the moon is engulfed in Earth’s shadow, it will become a mesmerizing shade of molten crimson, hence the name blood moon. As an added bonus, the Red Planet, Mars, will be loitering nearby in dazzling brightness as April 14th marks the […]

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It’s Okay. She’s Muslim.

So your worthless wife or girlfriend wants to get a divorce/break up/move on/have guy friends/wants to work outside the home/didn’t heat your dinner up enough/disapproved of you wanting to bring other women in the relationship/looked at you funny/didn’t iron your pants/wants to go to school/didn’t feel like having sex. And you killed her. Because she […]

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Oso Strong

It has been one week since the devastating mudslide in Oso, Washington. Prior to this event, many people had never heard of Oso. It’s an area more than a town, a concentration of people on Highway 530 between Arlington and Darrington. Even if you live in Western Washington, you’re more likely to have taken State […]

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Oso Chapel Update

Here is an update from Pastor Gary Ray of the Oso Community Chapel.  If anyone knows of a drop-off point on the Eastside or in the Seattle area for donations that will be taken to Oso, people are asking. Please let me know. Thank you!

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