So what kind of year was 2015? Statistically, not too bad. But statistics can be misleading (in both directions). Financially, I earned about as much in 2015 as I did in 2014, but my earnings went further. Much to my surprise and delight, I was able to sweep a fair amount of money from my …
The United Church of Christ (Congregational) in nearly the most liberal denomination of (so-called) Christianity. Yesterday, when I was driving to an appointment in Issaquah, a wealthy suburb of Seattle, I passed a Congregational Church. On its reader-board was a three-word statement. It said: Muslims Welcome Here I'm betting that the local mosque would never …
Our living-room with the owner, Kikyo, guarding our presents. Merry Christmas! https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/now/
I am a Jew who loves Christmas music. All year round, my internal tape has carols playing. Since 1991, I have collected CDs of unusual Christmas music. I try to buy something new each year, and I have accumulated quite a collection of those outdated compact discs. My collection ranges from medieval and Renaissance music, …
This gathering happens six times every year, the first three weekends in December, in the town of Leavenworth, Washington. Leavenworth is "Washington's Bavarian Village", and right at dusk on Friday and Saturday nights, the Tree Lighting happens. Hundreds of visitors literally hold their breath, waiting for the switch that turns the town into a winter …
In 1977, I was 28 years old. I had been married for four years, and my husband and I lived in Seattle fairly happily. I was a hospital pharmacy technician, and he was a transformer winder for a company that made industrial transformers. Neither of us really knew what we wanted to be when we …
The title of the story on the KOMO news web site is Watchdog: SPD Needs Big Mayday Reforms. In Seattle, MayDay every year brings out the Anarchists, masked and destructive, breaking glass in store windows, and other acts of vandalism. See this picture-this is what the Seattle Police Department is faced with EVERY MayDay! See …
In the town of Bury St. Edmunds in England, the Abbey buildings have been crumbling for centuries. From the original stone buildings, ruins. Local residents pulled stones from the monastery ruins. To build new dwellings. Modern residence, built right into the ruins of the 11th Century Abbey. How did the monastery become a ruin? From …
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I like to think that I count my blessings every day, not just on Thanksgiving Day. This year, I've had numerous occasions to reflect on the manifest blessings in my life, and my country. I was fortunate to be born in the United States of America, which has, since its founding in the 18th Century, …
I admit it. I am a total Anglophile. I'm a sucker for a British accent, and since a trip around Britain in 1984, I fell in love with the city of Cambridge. In the summer of 1991, I was fortunate enough to attend a three-week program put on by UCLA in Cambridge. Attendees could take …
Continue reading Photo Essay: University of Cambridge, Summer 1991
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