Well, we won't get the whole story, but as most of you already heard, James Comey has been let go. It is actually a bit sad, but perhaps unfortunately for EE, not as shocking as it could be. The chap has been sawing a hole around himself every time he opens his mouth on stage -- forget the lady in a...

Spiritwind told me today that Hanford nuclear storage had a tunnel collapse accident and there is an apparent plume, no flight advisory (5 miles? No visuals allowed lol), and locals being told to stay indoors and not consume local food and water. Things in the valley are looking very grim indeed. Sa...

http://i68.tinypic.com/6dtrx0.jpg No kitty should ever have to live in fear. Even more horrible, that Fred's untimely death was caused by evil neighbors who hated him for being loving. Ugh. Way back when, my family had a very sweet hound dog named Pepper. He wandered off to see a female way up on t...

It can be tough to avoid over complicating our lives. From childhood onward, we are groomed and pressured into adopting all kinds of tastes and expectations that complicate our lives, and enrich the lives of others who prey. It is a good practice to engage in periods of meaningful silence, stop worr...

A bounty of grey morels!!!!
On Spiritwind's property

http://projects.seattletimes.com/2017/portraits-of-homelessness/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Anybody can end up homeless ... we never thought it would be us." We invited residents of several homeless encampments in Seattle to share their personal stories, lif...

In America so damn many of us grow up looking down on others and thinking that opinion is defining us. We are told so many things about other groups of people. We are taught to hate most of them, then we waste a good deal of our lives learning how to love people who in turn hate us, and ultimately m...

There are many ways to offend sensibilities. Truly civil people agree to disagree, and allow for a wide avenue of expression (if they be wise). Most of us have met the overbearing journalist type, a hound for facts but not necessarily a people person or even a person capable of everyday down to eart...

Earth is full of magic! Animate elements dancing for joy! Unfortunately it is also full of magical barriers. The blind and the evil can't even see the path. Thinking myself a traveler, I danced around your glade, Eyes blind to your light. I couldn't even smell you! For miles I wandered, In the wrong...

Those are incredibly beautiful pictures, dear Christine. There's almost nothing prettier than the ways our celestial bodies affect the lighting down here. I don't think I've personally seen a place as universally nice looking as your region, although Washington is lovely in the evening, you'd have t...