Continue Reading Prickly Things Für S. “I had to get out of Los Angeles,” said Quinn, a poetic songwriter who describes his sound as a cowboy waltz vibe…
Continue Reading Death Valley We started the week with landscapes in the State of Washington. From there we went South to the Columbia River, then further…
Continue Reading Harney County, Eastern Oregon Malheur lies in the furthest south/east corner of our state. Before this part of Oregon became infamous through the occupation of the right…
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…
