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The Rambling Writer’s Quest for Home, part 13: Tiles, Flooring, and Stairs, Oh My!

Thor and I continue our journey toward our dream home as our builder and his crews start on more interior projects. NOTE: People have been asking to follow our progress as Thor and I pursue our quest for our dream home with sunsets over the Salish Sea. So starting with my post of 5/21/22, we set …

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More Noise Please

Originally published June, 2019, Tukwila, Washington It’s the color of chocolate milk, with a glint of pale green, like mint streaks in the chocolate. On the other bank a concrete wall rises, concealing the hypnotic view of cars heading north and south on I5. The wall conceals the view, and, I’m told by folks who …

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A Rambling Writer Rerun: Of Pebbles and Porpoises…

Join Thor and me as we gather beach pebbles from nearby Pacific Northwest beaches and enjoy the lively sea creatures. …of cabbages and kings — No, wait, wrong story. This one takes Thor, Bear dog, and me to a favorite nearby hike, from Rosario Beach, along Bowman Bay (top photo), and to Deception Pass. (NOTE: We …

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Grace Slick

Memory Lane

Here’s one for a good laugh. Today my son pulled down from the garage rafters the ten or so leaf bags full of rock tour t-shirts Dale had stashed over the past forty or so years. The bags were crumbling into big plastic flakes, but the shirts inside were all in pretty good shape. Except …

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