Give Me Strength

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Darren Milam Wednesday, April 24, 2024 I don’t know if you ever feel this way, but I’ll speak for myself when I say, there are days I need all the strength I can get. Maybe it is due to a lack of quality sleep, or worrying...

Roses and Buntings

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Robert Howson Tuesday, April 23, 2024 Much of life takes planning. We welcome those unusual times when elements of the equation seem to come together serendipitously, but we recognize we can make a difference how often those incidents...

Working Hard

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Cheryl Boardman Monday, April 22, 2024 I was up in the Skagit Valley last week and headed out early in the day to see the Roozengaarde tulip fields before too many other tourists were up and about and trying to do the same thing. I had...

DO NOT (mumble, mumble)

Sidewalk chalk creations are few and far between nowadays, so we pay courteous attention to each one that we encounter on our daily walks. The one you see in the above photo left me feeling a bit anxious. In the lower left corner we could read the word, “Start!” and...

Images

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath, April 20, 2024 A little over a week ago, in (I think it was) a Goodwill store, I paused beside these shelves of figurines. As you can see, the middle shelf contains an eclectic group, ranging from former Seattle...