After some fits and starts and throwbacks to winter, I feel that spring has truly arrived. For one thing, the weeds are growing so fast I can barely keep them pulled! For another, I’m gearing up to model in a fashion show.   Oh fun! What are we wearing?  ...

This spring I’m doing research for a new Living History presentation as suffragist leader Abigail Scott Duniway. In 1852 she came West with her family. At age seventeen she was the second eldest of nine siblings. Her father tasked her with recording the trip in a...

The indignities of aging! It seems that the human body, once it gets past 50 or so, develops an array of ailments large and small, regardless of lifestyle. Diet and exercise can hold some conditions at bay; with others, it comes down to factors that can’t be changed...

Yesterday, at 2:01 AM Pacific Time, Spring arrived. I was sleeping at that time, but woke for a moment at 3:05 AM and thought Good, it’s here at last! Though Thursday’s weather was a few degrees cooler and a bit cloudier than the day before, it had less of a bite-...

Last week was framed by interesting cultural events. On Tuesday, I attended the Walla Walla Symphony concert. They performed Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, embellished by graphic novel back projections depicting the story of his wife, Alma Maria Schindler. On Thursday, I...

Last week I traveled to my hometown. Most trips to Port Townsend, I drive. The 800 mile round trip, though long, has much scenic variety, and I really enjoy the independence of having my own transportation. But last week, it being February, I traveled by plane (and...