All Creatures Great and Small

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Cheryl Boardman Monday, January 22, 2024 I saw this dragonfly in Magnuson Park in Seattle several years ago. (Magnuson Park, with at least 19 species, is THE place to see dragonflies in the Seattle area) I think it might be a female...

Bigger Than Your Fears

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch Sabbath and Sunday, January 20 and 21, 2024 This sign stands on one of our bookshelves at home. Quite a valiant slogan, right? It’s as though it has leaped out at you from the pages of a confident, two-fisted,...

Invoice

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch Friday, January 19, 2024 A couple of days ago, the invoice above popped into my email box. Its subject line asked me (literally) to “Rejoice” that I had been billed for a bit over 700 dollars for some variety of Norton...

Icy People

Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Russell Jurgensen Thursday, January 18, 2024 This picture sure looks to me like some icy people waiting to thaw out. The ice people are actually the accumulation of splashes of water from a little creek that have frozen on blades of...

Protective Gear

Photo and Commentary (c)2004 by Darren Milam Wednesday, January 17, 2024 For us in the Pacific Northwest, the last 10 days or so have been unseasonably cold. I know our temps don’t compare to some other parts of the US (or world for that matter) but for us in the...