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Not really.  But try this safe link to see a hoot.   See us speak Spanish Familylife created this to help train Latin America. We are having a lovely summer and hope you are too.   Drew

Last week Kit and I hiked into the heart of the Olympic Mountains. The picture is Marmot Pass. The effort made me feel young for a day. My seventy-one-year-old body didn’t feel young the day after, though. But the aches … Continue reading →

Last winter a storm dropped thirteen inches of snow here in Kitsap County. I started feeding some local deer. One doe seemed to select the vicinity of our home as her own. We named her Darma. She nibbled plants in … Continue reading →

Crabbing season opened in Washington.  Kit and I took our little inflatible boat onto Puget Sound and caught four large red rock crabs and one barely legal size. They are feisty creatures. Then we boiled and ate them.  The claws … Continue reading →

We imagined that news report as we struggled on the water. Kit and I live near Puget Sound. See the blue dot. We had bought an inflatable rowboat to easily transport in our little truck. Blake Island, only 1.1 miles … Continue reading →

As a young engineer, I found an abandoned poster in a closet where I worked. I retrieved the poster and hung it in my office. The poster quoted someone I didn’t know. “Happy are those who dream dreams and are … Continue reading →

Kit and I went to a movie last weekend for the first time in seems like forever. We like  true-life British films.  To our surprise the movie Dream Horse is a perfect embodiment of our more-than-ordinary-lives theme. Our stated philosophy … Continue reading →

Orcas are like rock stars in Washington. Distinctive markings allow marine biologists to name and track the life history of each. We have 74 who are year-around “residents” in local waters. Pictures of orcas lunging onto a beach to grab … Continue reading →

Kit and I have less responsibilities right now than ever before. This gives us the opportunity to explore perhaps overlooked corners of the Bible. Items wouldn’t be in scripture unless they were meaningful. Following is an interesting question and some … Continue reading →

Washington State’s county-by-county protocol for covid reopening specifies that more than five hospitalizations per 100,000 persons within a seven-day period sends a county back to Phase 2 shutdown. We’ve edged up to 5.7. Kit and I, having recently enjoyed dining … Continue reading →