I was talking to a friend last night about how when I watched the Flagstaff 4th of July parade from my little spot along the parade route, I witnessed a huge Tea Partier celebration each time a right-wing float cruised by. Made me a little jittery. “Oh no,” Kate said. “Where I was sitting, it … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Washington
Multisavoring
Fiction writers and birders have a lot in common. For both, every trip, vacation or otherwise, is potentially rich with characters, settings, story lines and emotional resonance. I’m often that way with both. For me and untold others of a similar bent, every trip is a writing trip and a birding trip. Urban settings … Continue reading
The Wall
We live in a political worldTurning and trashing aboutAs soon as you’re awakeYou’re trained to take What looks like the easy way out. —Bob Dylan, “Political World” During my recent D.C. visit I spent time at the Vietnam War Memorial. I went at night this time—a powerful experience. As always, scores of loved … Continue reading
D.C. Reflections
Sorry for the long break in posts, and thanks for hanging with the site. Traveling again, and I don’t do so well posting on the road. Here’s an image from Washington D.C., just to keep up. I’ll be prepping new material on the plane home and wukk have more for … Continue reading
Sometimes the Journey is Enough
I spent the last week reporting on and photographing a tribal environmental forum at the Swinomish Reservation in Washington state. With the work wrapped up, I took an evening cruise with a friend on the Washington ferry system, departing from and returning to the docks at Anacortes. We never even got off … Continue reading
What a Trip
Not long before the recent borderland trip described in an earlier post, I spent a week up in Washington and the northwest tip of Oregon. I was there to gawk at birds with my friend Bill, who also enjoys nothing more than to spend long days cruising through beautiful country … Continue reading