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Seen on Facebook: WE WANT TO SMASH YOUR PUMPKIN! A muscle-bound, professional pumpkin smasher will obliterate your nasty pumpkin or jack-o-lantern with a gigantic, wooden sledgehammer (really). Or YOU can smash your own*. Yes, it will be messy. Yes, it will feel good. Yes, we’ll have extra pumpkins here for you to smack-around. No, you won’t […]
Read More Pumpkin Smash!Just across the northern fence from Volunteer Park on Seattle’s Capitol Hill is Lakeview Cemetery, founded in 1872. It is a history lesson in and of itself. It is the resting place of many Seattle pioneers, Civil War veterans, community leaders, and locals from many cultures. Its gravestones are as diverse as the people buried […]
Read More The Guy Next To Bruce LeeSeen on the bulletin board at the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Thank you to whoever posted this and took the time to rightfully put the cemetery’s flag at half-staff. ************************************************************************************* ©2016 H. Hiatt/wildninjablog.com. All articles/posts on this blog are copyrighted original material that may not be reproduced in part […]
Read More Farewell to a Rock StarEvery 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 GamesOh, and from the Kirkland Views blog, the cow and coyote statue in downtown Kirkland, Washington… Kirkland Views/Terri Fletcher
Read More Go Hawks! Repete!You had me at illuminated manuscripts. Recently I had the pleasure of talking with author Tom Lukas about his first book in a developing series, Special Operations. Standing by his ultra-hip 1972 Volvo p1800e coupe dubbed Spycar, which he’s touring the country in to promote his series, he offered inside access to a mind always wired for […]
Read More Special OperationsHere in the Seattle area it sounds like the Fourth of July outside. The brisk night air bristles with the acrid smell of fireworks as screams and cheers reverberate throughout our neighborhoods. People are literally out in the streets celebrating. The Seahawks, after 38 years, have finally won the Super Bowl. And they didn’t just […]
Read More Fandemonium in SeattleHaving to cancel some other plans for today turned into a blessing– I was able to attend the 64th Annual Veterans Day Memorial Celebration at Evergreen Washelli’s Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery. Evergreen Washelli and their volunteers did an amazing job hosting this event. For starters, there were employees in maze of roadways directing parking. It could […]
Read More Veterans Day in SeattleSeattle’s EPA Radnet radiation spikes with downpour Sept 5-6, 2013.. I was told it was coming but here’s the proof. Click on the above link for the scientific data. I simply do not understand why the state of the damaged nuclear reactor in Japan isn’t getting more attention. In terms of the harm it can […]
Read More Fukushima Rains on SeattleWhile the Seattle area media might have been laser focused on the regional embarrassment that is Hempfest this weekend (Doritos, anyone?), there was a more noble event happening at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Ballard. People there were on a high simply due to getting together to celebrate their common past through food, historical reenactments, […]
Read More Viking Days 2013
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