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Last week I was in Seattle for a few days and saw a great show by Wilco at the Paramount theater. While waiting in line for the doors to open, I had fun sketching with the Brushes app on my new iPod Touch (birthday present and loving it). Brushes is great fun- I learned about [...]
Although it’s a warm winter here in the Methow Valley (thanks to El Nino), I’m loving skiing. There’s a wonderful network of groomed trails here for classic and skate skiing, and recently Darin and I explored the Rendezvous trails for the first time. The Rendezvous system includes a number of huts and we spent one [...]
It’s great fun watching the seasons change in the Methow Valley. Fall came blustering in with winter tight on its heels. The hills above my house in Twisp, WA (the small town I recently moved to), are dusted with snow. I particularly enjoyed watching the aspens change color. They turned brilliant yellow and I could [...]
I’m settling into my routine now after a great Wilderness First Responder (WFR) class in the Methow Valley, one of my favorite regions. Paul Nicolazzo, founder of the Wilderness Medicine Training Center (WMTC), taught the 80-hour course and was an inspiring instructor. I chose to take the class with WMTC in part because they offer [...]
I returned to the Seaview East boatyard in Ballard Thursday and Friday to once again sketch the “Ocean Watch”- a ship that will soon depart for a year-long circumnavigation of North and South America for a project called Around the Americas. When I saw the vessel in March, it was land-bound and in dire need of a paint [...]
