Of all the beautiful natural features in Cascadia, one of the largest and most important is the Columbia River. In this era of recession and the desire to vacation closer to home, we have one great natural wonder right here in our backyard. It is well worth a visit. The Columbia River is one of [...]
OK, so for some reason, that old Billy Joel song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” from 1989 is rolling around in my head. You know, the one that goes a little like… We didn’t start the fire It was always burning Since the world’s been turning We didn’t start the fire No, we didn’t light [...]
No, it is not like me to comment on the subject of American football. I don’t really follow it, though it’s nice when the home team wins. It’s just that somewhere in the bizarre recesses of my mind, the announcement of the USC Trojans head coach Pete Carroll being hired to the same position with [...]
It was the second week of September. Just after Labor Day. I was innocently shopping at my local Fred Meyer store when I saw it. A couple of aisles had been transformed into the place to buy your Christmas lights. The season has begun. As the big day drew closer, there were more and more [...]
Anyone who has grown up in the Seattle area, especially if they are over the age of 40, is familiar with the exploits of Ivar Haglund. Ivar is the well known founder of Ivar’s Restaurants in Seattle and throughout Cascadia. He was also well known as a character and practical joker who formed a part [...]
I have been asked by more than the average number of people lately whether I believe that the world is coming to an end. Yes, it will. Depending upon your belief system, it will happen when the Creator says so, or when the Son of God returns to Earth, or when some catastrophic event from [...]
For those of you who follow Cascadia Journal, you are certainly a patient bunch, considering that my posting frequency has been low due to other recent commitments. Thank you for being here. To everyone, I would like to introduce another blog project that I am working on. It will not replace this one. I will [...]
Yes, it’s getting close to Summertime here in beautiful Cascadia. It’s that time of year when we start saying that it’s hot, even though people in some parts of the world would consider today’s mid-80′s temperatures to be fairly mild and just getting started. So predictably, about this time every year, the lovely lady Katt [...]
I’m looking forward to it. You’re looking forward to it. We are all going to watch the Obama Inauguration and we will have a better view of it on television than all of those suckers standing in the cold. In a crowd. In a crowd so large that the folks in the back will be [...]
It is now the tenth day of January of the new year. Before it gets too late to do this, I would like to take the opportunity to publish my list of New Year Resolutions for the upcoming year. Without further ado, here we go: Stop procrastinating about writing blog entries, and just write them. [...]
