Hubby and I spent the afternoon yesterday in the town of Port Townsend, on the Olympic Peninsula, collecting on the last of the Jazz package we bought at an auction (dinner at the Hanazono Asian Noodle House). Before dinner, we walked up what seemed like 1,000 steps to check out the Uptown neighborhood. Walking down …
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What Happened…(NOT Hillary the Harpy’s book, and no blame!)
The week after Labor Day, Hubby and I drove to Montana for a Ricochet Meetup, attended by members from as far away as New York City. You can read my three-part trip report on the Ricochet Main Feed Here: https://ricochet.com/456036/we-met-em-in-montana-part-one-or-smoke-gets-in-your-eyes/ https://ricochet.com/456276/we-met-em-in-montana-part-two-or-smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-sometimes/ https://ricochet.com/456556/we-met-em-in-montana-part-three-in-search-of-skies/ We returned to Everett the following Tuesday, and it was back to work …
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Seen through a window…at 60 miles per hour!
I have gotten pretty good at taking photos from the passenger-side windows of our car. On our way to Montana and back, I shot these photos from the moving vehicle-I really wanted my friends to see what the air quality was, as a result of the wildfires in Montana and Eastern Washington. This was just …
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The Road Trip From Hell
At least, that's how I thought of it at the time, and for a long time thereafter. The year was 1971. I had just graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Psychology. I had applied to graduate school, and had been accepted at the University of Minnesota. So, how was I supposed to …
On This Labor Day…Proudly Working and Supporting Myself at Age 68
Today is a holiday for me. At age 68 (two years past my full retirement age of 66), I am working full-time (actually, more than full-time with all the overtime I put in), at a job I love, and with a side interest for my professional association. As a Planner/Buyer for an aerospace company, my …
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Photo Challenge Structure
This is A Structure. To wit, a city apartment building, seen from about a block away. Seems pretty ordinary. But move closer, and its fine structure becomes more visible. And more pleasing. The bow windows lend a bit of class, and make the room inside bigger, and bring more natural light into the room. Then, …
We knew the managements of Facebook and Google were Liberal
People are probably quite familiar now with the big story of how a Google software engineer was summarily fired for circulating a memo around his company, positing the viewpoint (taking into account verifiable scientific studies that confirm this) that a reason why more women don't work as software engineers could be that most women don't …
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The Governor of the State of Washington needs to be Committed
For years, we residents of the State of Washington have been hearing about the woes of our largest state psychiatric institution, Western State Hospital in Lakewood (south of Tacoma). This institution has had numerous escapes of dangerous inmates, reports of employees attacked by inmates (and sometimes attacking, themselves), and staff shortages and resignations. Once, a …
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A Clear Case of Media Malpractice! Democrat National Committee…
IT Staffer Arrested Trying to Flee the Country Now, have you noticed this story being covered by any of the traditional "news" outlets, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN?? Not one of the above "news" outlets has even mentioned this huge story, not even on an inside …
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Satisfaction…Human Ingenuity
I am always impressed with the products of human ingenuity, many of which were designed and built thousands of years ago, and still remain for us to marvel at. Every time I drive down a mountain road, I can't help thinking of all the engineering and labor that went into that road. When I look …
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