On May 28th I tried my second attempt at Milky Way photography. I took these pictures of Mt. Hood from Laurence Lake. Here’s a bonus picture that I took of the Columbia River. If you…
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Recent photos from Tucson, AZ
A former co-worker (and friend) recently had a family tragedy that left his partner in the ICU for several weeks and a young daughter and an infant to care for all by himself. Two former…
I might be retired now?
On Jan 28, 2025 I awoke to an email stating that Nuna (the company that I worked for) was dropping their core business and that I was laid off. I was neither surprised nor upset….
I finally learned how to turn a bowl on my lathe
My nephew is applying to a design school at Western Washington State University and decided that he needed a new wood working project to round out his portfolio. I have a very modest wood working…
I spoke at a community event about homelessness
I was invited to speak on Jan 23, 2025 at a community event in Shoreline, WA on the topic of homelessness, with the goal of raising support for Camp United We Stand (a county sanctioned…
Africa trip – Day 19: Nairobi, Kibera
12/12/20 was our final day in Africa and we decided to do something slightly controversial. I’ve been working with the homeless in Seattle, and I wanted to better understand how things worked in Kenya. As…
Africa trip – Day 18: Hemingways Watamu, Nairobi
12/19/2024 was the last day with the safari group. We had a flight from Malindi to Nairobi in the late afternoon, and everybody else took a connecting flight from there back home. But we decided…
Africa trip – Day 17: Hemingways Watamu, Oda (a small village)
I woke up early again on 12/18/2024 to attempt to take a great sunrise picture. It was cloudy again, and this was the best I could do shortly after sunrise: Thirty minutes later, I was…
Africa trip – Day 16: Hemingways Watamu
12/17/2024 was entirely a free day – there were no group activities scheduled at all (although we did sit with others in the group if we happened to run into them when we ate meals)….
Africa trip – Day 15: Elephant Orphanage, Hemingways Watamu
12/16/2024 was a bitter-sweet day. It started with a visit to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant and Rhino Orphanage, which is within Nairobi National Park. Elephants only eat their mother’s milk for the first two…