Raven’s Tail and Northwest Coast Weaving
“Long ago there lived on the Skeena River, in British Columbia, a Tsimshian woman, a widow, of the village of[…]
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Independence Day 2017
Happy Independence Day! Here in the PNW setting off fireworks is viewed as an expression of freedom. I don’t think[…]
Read moreFood webs and nonlinear dynamics
It was a hot day in the foothills north of Del Valle Reservoir. I had left school at noon to[…]
Read moreKipling and the Inevitable
Rudyard Kipling is another of my favorite authors. If you haven’t read Kim or Just So Stories you have a[…]
Read moreSitting out
His entire body was in plain sight, its length broken only by an outcropping of sandstone that partly obscured his[…]
Read moreBannock Pizza
In a previous post I mentioned that I had made a bannock pizza. I’ve had a couple of queries on[…]
Read moreThe Guardian of Nihhluidih
Sometime about 150 million years ago the North American plate crashed into a series of rock islands borne along by[…]
Read moreToday’s fitness test
I took a test today; the test is to run a mile in ten minutes. I finished in 7:23. Amazingly,[…]
Read moreDiscovery of a Bad Place
I took a trip into the Cascades up to the edge of the snow. I think the snow line is[…]
Read moreMemorial Day 2017
Memorial Day is dedicated to remembering those who have fallen in defense of our nation. It grew out of the[…]
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