decorabilia

At just over 19 months, Carsten, pictured above, not only has fantastic hair, but an ever-expanding vocabulary. For the sake of history, h...

The other day, we made borscht. Well, beet soup, really, as "borscht" has a certain charm that "beet soup" just doesn...

I'm back. I should say: we're back. I never anticipated reviving decorabilia , but with my wife's encouragement and blessi...

[first installment here ]

Problem: your car isn't flirtatious enough. Solution: eyelashes!

Robert "Berd" Whitlock is one of Olympia's indispensables, a photographer who blends politics, philosophy and imagery from his...

WEA Chinook hosted an impromptu rally at the state capitol Tuesday, and about 110 teachers showed up to gather, mill about on the capitol ...

Me, circa a long time ago.

Problem : You have a separated shoulder, requiring ice every few hours. But you can't just hold a Ziploc bag up there for twenty minute...

From To Beard, or not to Beard It was fun while it lasted--fun for everyone else, at least. Thanks to everyone who gave, and kept giving, a...

Capital's debate team is holding my beard hostage. If they can raise at least a hundred dollars next week, I can't shave it. Repe...

This Monday afternoon found the legislature in special session. Sign things will wrap up quickly: on a warm March day, the Capitol parking ...

Mom sends along some photos taken by a friend of the family, a long, long time ago, back when we lived in Gimli, Manitoba (named after the s...

From Newcastle Trip '09 Even though we knew what the sign was trying to accomplish, every time we drove past it, we cracked up.

Earlier this summer, a group of unrowdy atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, and otherwise scientifically inclined skeptics descended upon Ken...

Last weekend, Melissa and I helped Mom and Dad move to Newcastle, Wyoming. On a Saturday evening, after we tired of unpacking, the folks su...

A Dodge Caravan limousine, seen outside a Wyoming grocery store. More for your dollar, indeed.

To understand the profusion of roadside attractions along Highway 16 from the Wyoming border to Rapid City, you have to know your history. I...

I kept thinking, I know I've seen that Usain Bolt pose before. Because I had. Milk River, Alberta, 2006. As you can see, Bolt's po...

My wife and I took a weekend jaunt to Astoria, Oregon (and then north to the Long Beach peninsula) to celebrate our fifthiversary. Some of t...