Enjoy Rick's beautiful images shot through a kaleidoscope: The word kaleidoscope was coined in 1817 by Sir David Brewster. The word comes from the Greek kalos "beautiful" plus eidos "shape" plus scope "to observe". Brewster put the words together to come up with "observer of beautiful forms". [...]
My 82 year old father-in-law, once-upon-a-time owner of an accordion, player of bagpipes, lover of big romantic Russian symphonic melodies, including Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Tchaikovsky, announced, in front of several people, that he actually NOW likes the Beatles! It's 2011, but never mind! Hey, it's cool. Some things [...]
It's been raining and raining (how many straight days of rain was that?) and finally, yesterday, we had a really pleasant day. I think the temperatures reached the mid 50's. It felt warm and spring-like, so Rick and I went for a walk after I finished teaching. I have been [...]
Last Sunday, I gave a one day retreat in Issaquah at Crystal Creek Yoga Studio at Cathy Pierce's home and yoga studio. I offered the same retreat last October and the same participants came back for more! I will offer this day long retreat again later this year, in October. [...]
Rick and I just got back from a walk on the beach here at Ocean Shores on Protection Point. I found my first arrowhead today! My flint treasure was not chiseled to completion, but it is still an exciting find. We both found lots of small agates, but Rick found [...]