The theme of this third week of Advent is anticipating and experiencing joy. These days, joy is frequently frightened away by the turmoil around us – in our world, our country, even with friends and family. Cynically, joy is relegated to some fantastical fairytale. We find it tempting to agree with Herman Melville: “There are…
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Traveling on a Saturday morning, with tea
It has been less than two weeks since we got back from Japan, we have two more trips on the calendar, and are already talking about our next trip to Europe. Anticipation is as much a part of the journey as the trip itself. The next trip is a quick jaunt to Eastern Washington for…
Getting through the chaos-food, wine, friends, and Tricia
Taking a break this morning to reflect on the things that get me through the challenges. I have been on over 20 flights in the last 11 weeks, thankfully none this last week. On the week-ends we pretend to be contractors, doing the repair work left us by our anniversary week-end flood in December –…
Remember the Kingdome? A painting from then
The Kingdome was almost as iconic to Seattle as the Space-needle. Yet it is no more. Once the home to the Seahawks and the Mariners, as well as the Sonics for a bit. I did this painting just before it was demolished. It also includes Smith Tower, and Columbia Tower. It is a 30″x40″ acrylic…
May and June madness
This has been a travel heavy couple of months. Since May 20, 2015: Honolulu (1 night) Walla Walla, WA Hayward, CA San Jose, CA Indiana Portland, OR Back to Portland Denver, CO Phoenix, AZ Portland, OR Tacoma, WA Anaheim, CA Sacramento, CA Tempe, AZ Of course between most of these I was back in Seattle,…
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