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The wrath of Aeolus

Posted by Ken Campbell January 25, 2012 0 Comment 1330 views

I was awakened by the wind this morning. Actually, I woke up at a few points during the night to the sound of the gales whipping through the trees on the hillside above the house and the waves crashing on the beach. There are some who profess to like the wind; I am not one […]

Japanese flotsam, Part 1

Posted by Ken Campbell January 22, 2012 2 Comments 1682 views

The first glass fishing net floats came out of Norway, back in the mid-1800’s. I didn’t realize this… I just assumed that they were a Japanese invention, possibly because I live on the Pacific coast and the ones that make their way to beaches in North America started their journeys in the land of the […]

Paper routes and chain saws

Posted by Ken Campbell January 21, 2012 0 Comment 1484 views

The snow that we had dumped on us earlier in the week is gone, or mostly gone. There are still some folks without power, although that scene is about over as well. It’s back to normal, or whatever normal may mean, anyway. The wind is still with us though, and is expected to continue, knocking […]

Brother, can you spare a ham on rye?

Posted by Ken Campbell January 20, 2012 0 Comment 1095 views

There’s a fox up at Paradise, hanging out near the visitor’s center. He’s given up the wild life for the easy handout, given up fresh meat for stale popcorn and bologna sandwiches. Ignorant tourists feed him their Wonder bread and HoHo’s, and they get dumber while he gets softer. Begging is never pretty.

Heavy reading

Posted by Ken Campbell January 19, 2012 0 Comment 1303 views

I was thumbing through the latest issue of Orion magazine, when I came across an article by Paul Kingsnorth, Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist. It is an excellent piece and I’m not going to try to condense the whole thing here – you should probably go read it for yourself. The synopsis would be something […]

Waiting for the end of the world

Posted by Ken Campbell January 18, 2012 0 Comment 1124 views

There’s a snow storm coming, that’s what they say. “They,” being the weather oracles, the forecasters of white doom. I don’t mean to belittle the science and alchemy of short-term climate prognostication, and they may very well be right this time, but I fear we are getting soft. Softer. The schools have all been canceled […]

Money matters

Posted by Ken Campbell January 17, 2012 1 Comment 1206 views

With a few notable exceptions, I’ve never been much of a joiner. I’ve always been a member of the school of thought that says, “If nominated, I will not run and, if elected, I will not serve.”. With that said, I am the new Treasurer for the South Sound chapter of Surfrider. I volunteered – […]

Venting

Posted by Ken Campbell January 16, 2012 0 Comment 1099 views

Well, that was hard to take. The Denver Broncos were still the worst team in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, but not by much. There’s gonna be some changes around Green Bay in the offseason, I’ll wager. Now that I’m an owner, I might just have to get involved, make some management decisions. […]

A Half-good trip

Posted by Ken Campbell January 15, 2012 0 Comment 1275 views

The idea was that I would go to Paradise the first day, do a little snowshoeing, and the next day I’d head to the southern side of the Mount Tahoma Trails, maybe ski to the yurt, just as a day trip. The first part of the plan went well; the second half fell a little […]

That’s the way it goes

Posted by Ken Campbell January 13, 2012 0 Comment 1179 views

Snowshoeing the trails near Paradise was fun, but the skiing on the Mount Tahoma Trails didn’t happen. Not enough snow cover. That will be changing in the next few days but it may be a while before I have the chance to make it back up there. Meh… I’ll post some shots of Paradise later.