What to do now
Here are some photos of flyers that I saw this morning on poles around our neighborhood–there was one other that didn’t photograph well, but was a great listing of black-owned businesses to support. We do what we can and these are ideas for thing to do if you don’t want to mix…
Read MoreAnimals happy about humans staying home
Since people aren’t speeding their cars bumper to bumper on our streets, I’ve seen a much better use of the word bumper: we have a bumper crop of bunny rabbits and squirrels in our Seattle neighborhood. And songbirds! The mornings are a symphony. On a walk a couple days ago, in the afternoon, we saw…
Read MoreRemember Pigpen?
My brother recently sent an email to family showing how the corona virus surrounds us by sending along a picture of the Peanuts’ character Pigpen. An apt analogy, I think, and with the advantage of making the invisible visible. Worth thinking about as we consider re-opening our stores and restaurants and planning large gatherings. What’s…
Read MoreBarbara’s Garden
Tough times, all around. But it’s also spring. Here in Seattle, that means our back gardens are doing their best to cheer us up. But even that is a mixed blessing, when it’s my friend Barbara’s garden. Barbara BonJour died April 18 of cancer. She was my friend for almost 40 years. We traveled together,…
Read MoreForgot three things
Three new things to add to the list of what to do whilst self-isolating:
Read MoreViral Blog
You’d think I had all the time in the world these days to write blog after blog, essay after essay for this website. Here I am, self-isolated and socially-distanced as strictly any old person ought to be. Seattle may no longer be the hottest spot for this virus to congregate, mutate and plan new attacks,…
Read MoreAntarctica
Spent most of January in Antarctica. Wanted to go to a place that humans haven’t yet had the chance to destroy. It was spectacular. The ice, the rocks, the sky, the water and the wildlife drew me in like nothing else. Here’s some photos. I don’t have enough words.
Read MoreLouisa’s take on Greta Gerwig’s Little Women
Alcott on Gerwig’s Little Women Alcott on Gerwig’s Little Women The author of Miss Alcott’s Email wonders what Louisa May would make of the new Oscar-nominated film adaption of her most beloved book. By Kit Bakke Director and screenwriter Greta Gerwig lets her audience know right away that her adaption of Little Women will be…
Read MoreBeen Traveling
Been traveling. South America is pretty much a mystery to me. We’ve traveled very little here, don’t speak Spanish, and are woefully ignorant about its land or its people. Although we have been to Machu Picchu and the surrounding Sacred Valley—all amazing, but another story—that’s just a tiny slice of our southern neighbors’ continent. Peter…
Read MoreParochial: “limited or narrow outlook”
One of the interesting aspects of traveling outside the US is to look at our country from a distance, through others’ eyes. Here is a thought-provoking example from London written by Terry Eagleton in his review of two books, The Madness of Crowds and The Problem of Everything. “Because the US is a deeply parochial society, not much…
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