Nuggets
Design is the method of putting form and content together.
Reflections
Bib #1451
Miles (bib #1451) ran a 5k this morning in 29 minutes 9 seconds. The photo is at about the halfway mark. This 5k is in memory of a 10-year-old boy who died of leukemia. The […]
Lesson in a Blue Cap
We have supported the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) since Oliver’s diagnosis in 2010. Shortly after that first walk, I wrote the piece printed below. I dust off this article every year as it is […]
com + fort
I like exploring words from the inside. The word comfort has two parts: com- (together, beside) + fort (strong). A FORTress is a strong place. FORTitude is strength and courage in adversity. To comfort (verb), […]
Character
For the last thirty years I’ve worked diligently to sharpen my skills as a writer. I’ve been pondering this week about how the current political discourse would never be considered by a fiction publisher for […]
Gravy
A few weeks back, Oliver, Stella, and Miles were with us for breakfast. I told them about how much my mother liked gravy. That got us started. The first was … syrup is gravy for […]
Mandate: Stay at Home
One week after the initial explosion from Mt St Helens in May 1980, geologists predicted another eruption was imminent. Given the direction of the wind that morning, the Thurston County Sheriff announced a shutdown until […]
Streaker
I can finally announce that I’m a streaker. No, I’m not 45 years late in showing up for the streaking I witnessed in the mid 1970s. This is the 2019 Runner’s World Run Streak, a […]