Continue Reading Painting the Columbia River Sometimes the painters are more interesting than their paintings. Take George Gibbs, for example, who was an ethnographer, mapmaker, geologist, historian, attorney,…
Continue Reading Landscapes Last week I took a ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island with the plan to visit Bloedel Gardens. When we arrived at the harbor…
Continue Reading St. Patrick’s Day Yesterday afternoon the entire cityscape of Seattle seemed to be taking on a greenish hue in anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day. I decided…
Continue Reading Mindfulness Für D.P. Today I will not analyze, nor report, nor tell stories or joke around. I will simply think of nature, its beauty and…
Continue Reading Words Occasionally you read something in public places that gives you pause. That is, if you scan your environment, rather than burying your…
Continue Reading Snag Yesterday I came across the link below about a photographer who visited his dying mother at his childhood home in Canada to say good…
Continue Reading Shifts in Perspective For Steve who could leave them all in the dust! In honor (or protest) of daylight savings time, a change that always rattles my system, I thought I’d devote this week to…
Continue Reading Kitsch, Kunst und Natur – aka my afternoon walk I have a pretty set route in the afternoons, an enjoyable hour and 15 minutes if the puppy behaves. IF. It is a loop…
Continue Reading Piles It’s not the piles per se that bring me joy. They fit into this week’s theme of joy only in the sense…
