Church and State

The following was adapted from a letter I wrote to the editor of the Aberdeen Daily World in 1996.
One often hears folks say that our nation’s founders intended to create the U. S. as a Christian nation and that the constitutional interpretations of “liberal judges” corrupted this intent. Such a statement [...]

Dubrovnik

This is the bell tower of a cathedral in Dubrovnik, which lies at the Southern terminus of Dalmatia, near Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Greece. Upon the hour the little bronze fellow strikes his bronze hammer upon the bell. Dubrovnik has been declared a World Heritage site by the UN; and deservedly so. Split, a ways to [...]

Satsop Fireweed

This picture, from 1979 or so, is of a group of us who had traveled to Portland to protest the Trojan nuclear power plant Portland General Electric was building in Rainier, Oregon.
The same group, the Fireweed affinity group of the Crabshell Alliance, protested construction of the Satsop nuclear generating station; and in 1979 and 1980 [...]

Thank You East Grays Harbor

It was September, 1983 when I began my career in municipal administration by signing a contract with the City of McCleary to provide its building and land use code administration and enforcement services. The following Summer I was contacted by the City of Elma and in July of 1984 entered into a contract to [...]

Mesa Verde

Ok. Ok. One more time. Please. This is in Mesa Verde National Park, near the four corners in Southern Colorado, which is my all time favorite national park. Visitors are guided down into these ancient villages, sheltered from the elements and enemies but often perched on the lip of a cliff.

Life is But a Dream

By God, I think I’ve got it. This I shot from a row boat in Puget Sound. We followed this whale around for quite some time as it dove to feed and surfaced to breath.

Korcula

Please excuse me, but I’m trying to learn how to post pictures here. Consequently, I will bore you with some of my photos. This is sunset over the Adriatic, shot as I was enjoying a dinner of Spagetti Fruti de Mar while fending off hungry cats.

Dalmatia

I just love this picture of a flying staircase composed only of stones, motar and an arch. The staricase provides access to the walled City of Korcula, an island seemingly floating in the Adriatic off the coast of Croatia.
Not too far South is Dubrovnik, an ancient walled City which was home to the world’s best [...]

Ah, the Latin Life.

Hasta la Victoria Siempre The picture above was taken near Vinales, Cuba in early May of 2003. I, of course, was just resting my eyes. You’ll notice I’m wearing my Elma Fire Department T-shirt.