It's been a while since I filed a new dispatch from the cesspool that the Seattle area has become. Each day's news is filled with new stories of shootings, home invasions, homeless-camp proliferation, and many other declines in the quality of life in our formerly beautiful area. You literally cannot go anywhere without seeing tents …
There are some places that just lend themselves to a spiritual state of mind. I am always in awe of the power of Nature, especially features that demonstrate raw power. We harness the power of high waterfalls to make electricity. I could stand there for a long time, just watching and listening to the power …
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[Blogger's note: It seems that I can no longer embed full tweets from Twitter on my blog. I am very unhappy about this, since when I joined Twitter I was thrilled at how easy it was to display tweets in all their glory. I appreciate all that Elon Musk has done to make Twitter a …
Last week I took a walk in the woodland bordering my work building. I saw this tree. This worries me. I sincerely hope there is not an Antifa cell inhabiting this area. You can paint over graffiti on a wall, but not on a tree. Evil lurks everywhere these days, and they are getting bolder.
Fragments are parts of things. Sometimes, you can tell what the original thing was, just by looking at the fragment. These pieces of driftwood were once trees. These fragments, all in a row, tell you that once on this beach, there was a dock for boats to tie up. This remnant is probably from the …
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They will be coming for us next.
This week has shown us how thoroughly corrupt our governments are now. Governments from local to national have treated law-abiding taxpayers like domestic terrorists, when they're not taking us for granted as piggy-banks. The Federal government is arresting trespassers, holding them in filthy prisons for years, and sentencing them to years in prison for actions …
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I have always been fascinated by architecture, as a demonstration of man's capacity to create structures of beauty. Cultures all over the world erect buildings that reflect their varying cultural traditions. Aside from cultural traditions, architectural details show the artistic period when the building was built. One day, I took my camera and went to …
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The little azalea bush that my real estate agent gave me in 2000 as a housewarming present has been outside my front door since 2001. I was worried at first that it might not bloom this year. Thankfully, I was wrong. It is blooming! Isn't it beautiful? Here's a closeup. This just made my day …
My friend, attorney Robert Barnes, tells us that we ordinary, tax-paying American Citizens can have an outsize influence on current affairs, when we communicate our preferences, get together online and in the real world, and let the forces of evil in our country know that WE are the basis of society, not they. We, the …
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