Motorcycle Diaries

Today, a much-needed departure from politics…
 
The three-day Veteran’s Day weekend opened with an unusually beautiful Saturday, for the cold, soggy Pacific Northwest. Heidi and I were busy with errands, but that didn’t stop me from making a quick call to her dad, Joe … “We have got to go for a ride.”
 
All three nephews came [...]

New Look Site

Well, after horsing around with numerous templates and benner treatments, I think I’ve finally settled on this look. From left to right are the family: Son Jake, yours truly, daughter Abbey and wife Heidi.  Now I simply need to post more often. Cheers! – Mikey

Abbey’s Big Night Out

Here’s a scientific experiment you don’t want to try: Take one neurotic dalmatian with a food fetish and mix with a seven-pound box of Alaska brand granular fish fertilizer.  The result ain’t pretty, folks.  In fact, it’s downright explosive.
Today was focused on working in the yard, planting new plants and transplanting others.  And of course, [...]

Doin’ the Puyallup with no Trans Fats

We live in a Tacoma suburb called Puyallup (pyoo-all-up) – a town of about 40,000. Each day and evening, I commute past the Western Washington Fair Grounds (a.k.a., “The Puyallup”). Each September, our town hosts two weeks as home to the nation’s sixth-largest fair.
By the middle of August each year, TV ads, billboards, bus signs [...]

Jake the Wonder Dog

We have the world’s coolest dog. Let me introduce you to Jake (aka Jake the Wonder Dog, Wunderhund, Hund, etc.). This white shepherd was born on January 1, 1997, and we adopted him when he was about a year and a half. He’ll be 11 this year, and is as energetic, healthy and intelligent as [...]

Bridge Walk

Last weekend, the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened, and we decided to do the first and only “Bridge Run” just prior to the grand opening. Heidi is a runner, but had leg surgery just days before.  Me, I’m a lover not a runner.  Actually, I’m at home on a racquetball court. Running just isn’t natural, [...]