Another Roadside Attraction

[With apologies and respect to Tom Robbins.] J. was a little annoyed. I was making a three point turn — well, in truth, it was closer to a 12 point turn — in a gravel and mud driveway lined on both sides by tire eating gullies. The road was fast and winding — it was …


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Raymond, Washington

Added to Photo Friday on Delicious Baby.

Spring in the Skagit Valley

The tulip fields are about to bust out in an absolute riot of color. We got to see some stunning oranges and reds and the daffodils, good lord, their quantities are spectacular, but in a few days it is going to be total insanity on the eyes. If you can swing it, play hooky on …


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Nerd’s Eye View Field Trip: Alpacapalooza!

It’s serious business, this handling and showing of alpacas. They’re judged on their looks and their composure — or was it composition, I’m forgetting the exact term — and their fiber, don’t be calling it wool.  There’s a handling component too — an alpaca obstacle course to complete in which the alpaca’s human must lead …


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Aloha, Washington

There was no town there before the big Hawaiian set up camp not far from the shingle mill where he worked. The loggers were terrified of him on first sight. He was big like the trees out there and truth be told, they were scared of the trees, too, no matter how many they brought …


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Relativity

“Weren’t you here, like, five minutes ago?`’,  the tree said, looking down at me. “No, no — it’s been ages since we were out here last,” I responded, my neck craned upward. The tree rustled a little in the wind, I’m pretty sure it was laughing. “People,” the tree said. “They think they understand time!”