What I’m Doing on My Summer Vacation*

I was quoted, briefly, in this New York Times article about travel blogging.  It won’t surprise you to learn that I’m critical of an increase in junk content. I would feel vaguely short changed by the fact that I got so little ink, but the ink I did get really cuts to the chase on …


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Seafair Powwow 2013

Photos 100% Mr. NEV. Edits mine. Can’t see the slideshow? Try this. If you’ve never been to a powwow, it’s something to see — and hear and feel and taste, too.  I’ve been to three, two on accident, this one intentional. The accidental ones — I’d been out doing something and stumbled over the event …


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Backyard Hummers

  I took a break during my work day to hang out with the hummers in my backyard. I went out again at the end of the day and the little guy on the line — the one with the bright blue sky behind him let me stand right next to him and snap his …


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Act Your Age

His hair was hennaed and he was sporting a comb-over. His shirt was a button down, his khakis pleated in front, his loafers sturdy and brown. The ladies denied his requests to dance, delivered while he shook his not too generous but still present belly, his arms raised over his head. He was out with …


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