Spokanarama

Been running an extended route to and from work these days. When leaving the station the other morning, I saw this on a bench by the front d...

Here's the latest Haiku Friday! Seven poems - mostly fowl. Please visit HaikuFriday.com   for all your Haiku Friday needs.

So begins another year. I am not a big New Year's resolutions guy. I have never had too much luck with them. Instead, I have, for t...

I will have more to follow on the Department of Fish and Wildlife's attempt to catch turkeys in our backyard. Just wanted to share thi...

A really great Christmas this year. I had squamous skin cancer on my nose which had to be cut out on the 22nd. I know this is an unlikely ...

It probably isn't good form to air one's failures on a blog, but that's what I'm going to do. If you've been over to m...

We just have one kid still on the coast. Ike's moved back home after graduating from WWU. Aidan still remains at UW. When we used t...

A pickup truck parked at 15th and almost into Lincoln. I guess once the driver noticed the stop sign, he really took it seriously. And wh...

Well, its no surprise that, as I write this, we are still without power. Seeing the citywide destruction while working on Tuesday night, I...

A few snapshots while I was out on a little walk. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone...

If you've followed this blog for a while, you probably know that I don't write much about my job as a fire lieutenant and paramedic....

Sarah came in from a run this weekend and said there was a duck in Cannon Hill Pond, a kind of duck she hadn't seen before. I would gues...

Well, it's official. There's a new poet laureate, and it's not me. Congratulations to Laura Read.  No. I don't know i...

Halloween Edition: Here's the archive for all the Haiku Friday videos. For all your Haiku Friday needs visit HaikuFriday.com .

A fairly mundane project.  I like to listen to podcasts on how people "do" things. What are their systems, their tools, their...

Right after dawn, on my ride home, I hit every red light. Downtown Spokane, early Sunday morning after a busy Saturday night, is always a t...

You know the drill. Click the picture. Make it big. Cross your eyes until a third picture is formed in the middle. Stare at it. It's 3...