Artist’s Date: Hurricane Ridge & Strait of San Juan de Fuca
Hurricane Ridge is in the Olympic National Park in Washington State. The elevation is 5242 feet. This photo is at the summit overlooking Sequim and the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. […]
Artist’s Date: Cape Flattery & Strait of San Juan de Fuca
Tatoosh Island in Cape Flattery is off the northwest tip of the continental United States. When life hands me lemons and I have a horrendous PTSD episode, I find it […]
Please Support and Vote for Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Sen. Patty Murray in Bothell, WA Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) came to her home town of Bothell, WA to kick off her campaign for re-election. She joked with the crowd that she thought her […]
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Secrets to a Happy and Successful Life
We’re all on our own journey here. – Elizabeth Gilbert Life Is Like a Maze Do you sometimes feel like everybody else has the answers? Like everybody else got […]
Movie Review: Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love [the movie] is fairly faithful to the book. It brings the book to life with many scenes filmed where the actual adventure took place. The ashram is different, […]
Artist’s Date: Edmonds, WA at Extreme Low Tide
Edmonds Ferry This is the iconic tourist photo of the Edmonds ferry. The fish, of course, are salmon. Their fins are forks. As you probably know, tides rise and […]
Oprah’s Issues with Food Are Rooted in Her Grandmother’s Whippings
I’ve been watching Oprah since day one ~ way back when she replaced Rob Weller as the host of A.M. Chicago ~ way before there was an international Oprah […]
Book Review: SOLDIER’S HEART: Close-up Today with PTSD in Vietnam Veterans by William Schroder and Ronald Dawe
“Soldier’s Heart” was coined after the Civil War to describe what is now diagnosed as post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. The authors of Soldier’s Heart are Vietnam veterans who […]
Peace at Home Linked to Success at School
Melissa Sturge-Apple, University of Rochester Which sitcom/movie family is most like your home environment: a) The Cosby Show [Huxtable family] b) Everybody Loves Raymond [Barone family] c) Ordinary People [Jarrett family in […]
L.Y. Marlow: Saving Promise & COLOR ME BUTTERFLY
We are all beautiful and deserve to be loved without being harmed. – L.Y. Marlow L. Y. Marlow is a survivor. When domestic violence threatened her granddaughter Promise, she decided […]
Anne Caroline Drake 