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Yet another birthday
“Did you have a wonderful time?” my friend Ria asked. “A wonderful time might be overstating it,“ I replied. I had visited my son, Stephen, in Charleston, South Carolina for my birthday. It was a long flight; I changed planes … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, Uncategorized
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The show is almost over
Here are some of the pictures in my recent show. It is a 2 person show with another island artist, Ingrid McGarry. We called it The Northwest World, so all of the pieces shown were from the northwest. I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, Uncategorized
Tagged Oil paintings, painting in public, selling art
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Clarifications
Here are a few notes on my last post and some responses to comments. I am sorry for the mistake about the location of the militia that was recently in the news because of a plot to kill policemen. It … Continue reading
Bears and health care and guns and coffee
There is, here in Alaska, a controversy about hunting regulations. People in Alaska like to hunt. Just ask Sarah P. She hunts whenever she can take time off from her grueling (and lucrative) schedule of Tea Bag speeches and Fox … Continue reading
It’s the ferry, stupid
Those of you who don’t live on Lummi Island, the center of the universe, may believe that there are important news items to think about: things like health care, earthquakes, unemployment, or even the fact that the space station toilet … Continue reading
Posted in In the news, Island life
Tagged Ferry, Lummi Island, Lummi Nation, Whatcom Chief
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I am in New Zealand, but where is my head?
I think of my head as having little squares inside. One square is in the present, here in New Zealand, looking around at the sights: flowers, ferns, tree ferns, undulating green hills, beaches and bays. The country is largely agricultural, … Continue reading
Posted in Day to day, In the news, Memoir
Tagged Doctor Thorne, geology, John McPhee, New Zealand, Trollope
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Goodbye, Ted
Edward M Kennedy, February 22, 1932 — August 25, 2009. He was a lion, he was a prince, he worked for all of us all his life. He worked for the old and the poor for working men and women, … Continue reading
What shall we call it?
In one of my former lives I was a scientist. I was a second rate scientist, because I was too lazy to learn the math needed to be a first rate one, and too disorganized and easily bored to be … Continue reading
An insurance company is an insurance company is an insurance company
This blog is primarily a personal one. I don’t usually write about political events or issues. That is not because I am not interested in politics and world events, but rather because I don’t feel that I can add much … Continue reading
The Turnip Theory of evolution
Jerry, who spent his youth in the wilds of Alaska and refers to himself as “early man,” keeps me informed about provocative articles in The Economist, especially as they relate to human evolution and other topics in science. This week’s … Continue reading
