As part of Seattle’s Summer Busking program, Jubilee performs at the Westlake Center every Tuesday (weather permitting) from noon to 2:00 PM. “Weather permitting” is a Seattle byword, but weather was permitting big time today, and I was excited. I love, love, love hearing them sing. A few minutes before we arrived, Grace called the city employee […]
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We tried to go to the Kurt Cobain exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum, but alas, the SAM is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. We’ll try again later in the week. Meanwhile, having discovered ourselves barred at the museum door, we marched up the block to Pike Place Market. Let the photo frenzy begin. Main
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Curtis and Grace leading worship at Cross Sound Church on Bainbridge Island Ferry fun times: Harper Sparrow and Pepe Luscious Sparrow Laughing Sparrow Lovable Sparrow Familiar Seattle skyline It’s another gray day today, so we plan to go to the Kurt Cobain exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum, then to Pike Place Market. Tomorrow, depending
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Flora. Flowers growing around the Gypsy Cottage yard . . . Marigolds Thistle I don’t know what kind of flower this is. Do you? Fauna. Bird bath . . . Okay, so I cheated a little. But her middle name is Sparrow. Happy, clean little Sparrow. Oh my, her fluffy noggin smells so good. The Sparrow is
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We enjoyed a leisurely second day in Seattle, including a stroll to Green Lake and a cook-out on the Gypsy Cottage deck with George’s sister Judy, brother Tony, and Tony’s wife, Sharon. Judy, an ergonomics expert, works for Boeing and splits her time between Florida and Seattle. Tony, an electrical engineer, is on a 90-day
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Here are a few photos from our adventure last night: The sign outside Molly Moon’s Ice Cream in Wallingford. Molly Moon’s introduced a new flavor, Bumberberry, in honor of the Bumbershoot Festival which will take place Labor Day weekend. (Bob Dylan is headlining this year!) Fremont Abbey Arts Center asked Curtis and Grace to busk in front of the shop last
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Yesterday George, Jacob, and I drove to Dallas with plans to have dinner with my parents, my sister Lois, and Luke & Sarah. We told them to expect us around 6:00, but we left home early enough to get into town by 4:00, allowing time for a visit with Tyler and Tiffany Martin and their
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Today I posted at The Master’s Artist about photographic strategies that can help writers approach the page with fresh eyes. If you love photography, writing, or both, come on over and join the conversation!
Art informing art: photography and writing edition Read More »
“The world is not so brazen that she doesn’t still blush at morning’s kiss.” That was my first conscious thought when I awoke today. Rather poetic, don’t you think? Much more inspiring than my usual, “Where am I?” and “What day is it?” (Even more pathetic, it takes me a few moments to come up
Someday, some lucky literary agent is going to discover this guy, and when that happens, the clouds will part, the sun will splash through, and a color-drenched world will remember why it believes in magic. With Michael Snyder on a deadline-driven hiatus from The Master’s Artist, I’ve been filling some of his Thursday slots with
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