Category: Pop Culture

GBV? IPV? FV? DV?

Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash What is it called anymore? I’m increasingly hearing about the confusion surrounding the term gender-based violence. Its definition seems to be subjective, subject to the region, country, or government that may be using it. Gender-based violence, or GBV, is often being used in lieu of domestic violence, […]

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Rainier Rust

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 On Highway 706 in Washington State between Ashford and Elbe is a wonderland of recycled metal created by artist Dan Klennert. A family member had been wanting to go there for months, so we loaded up the car complete with co-pilot dog to explore […]

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Don't– or Do?– Try This at Home

This video’s a little older yet I’ll bet modern t.p. manufacturing methods are remarkably similar. If nothing else, it’s strangely relaxing to watch. My grandma, who grew up in the Midwest during the Depression, said that the Sears Roebuck catalog was something you ordered from, read voraciously, and wiped with. Yep, it hung on a […]

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Seen in Wallingford

Yesterday at the Wallingford Chevron… But two blocks west at this place… There are zombies! Southwest, at the Fremont Vintage Mall, I found it ironic that the second faux patent poster I turned to was for… toilet paper. Toilet paper is a hot commodity in the Puget Sound area due to panic buying. When I […]

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Mes Amis

In a circle of true Friends each man is simply what he is: stands for nothing but himself. No one cares twopence about any one else’s family, profession, class, income, race, or previous history… That is the kingliness of Friendship. We meet like sovereign princes of independent states, abroad, on neutral ground, freed from our […]

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Ring Around the Ghoulies

Driving down 7th Avenue near Market Street in Kirkland, you may be startled by a group of people dressed in gauzy white dancing on the lawn. While not a fan of the ghosts and gore part of Halloween, I had to stop and admire the thought that went into this macabre display. What is so […]

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Civility is Dying

This last weekend KOMO News aired a jarring special report about the state of Seattle. KOMO’s Eric Johnson rightfully called our region’s many illegal encampments what they are– dens of addiction. He pointed out that homeless people in general do not live in their own lawless filth; addicts do. There is nothing compassionate about allowing […]

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Gaslighting

If you have survived abuse, you’ll likely remember many times that your abuser tried to make you feel unstable, unworthy, crazy, and weak. While nowadays this is commonly referred to as crazymaking, it is also called gaslighting. The term gaslighting comes from the 1940 British movie of the same name. While the abuser in the […]

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