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Hump day

Posted by Ken Campbell June 30, 2010 0 Comment 1059 views

Over the hump and into the slump. Don’t look now but, as of today, 2010 is half over. It hardly seems possible, but there it is. I feel like there are still so many things I had hoped to do this year that I have not yet gotten around to doing. I don’t think I’ve […]

Something fishy in Denmark

Posted by Ken Campbell June 29, 2010 1 Comment 1027 views

I’ve heard, and told, my share of shaggy dog stories, but I haven’t seen one this obvious in the news since that boy in Colorado with the weather balloon. The one where, as it turned out, his idiot parents faked their son’s accidental and uncontrolled flight in a saucer-shaped bag borne upward to the stratosphere […]

What else you got?

Posted by Ken Campbell June 28, 2010 0 Comment 1144 views

I was standing in the coffee shop yesterday morning after my dawn patrol paddle on the Foss. (Once a week, more or less, I’ll stop there on my way home, get a “picnic” for Mary and the boy. Nothing like coffee and chocolate milk in bed, along with a slice of cinnamon swirl coffee cake […]

Swan Lake

Posted by Ken Campbell June 27, 2010 0 Comment 1150 views

Of all the people who have made their mark on the Olympic peninsula over the past couple of centuries, none casts a longer shadow than James Swan. His story is a classic 19th-century tale of a man who needed more space, more elbow-room, than was available back east. He left his home, booked passage on […]

Bowing to reality

Posted by Ken Campbell June 25, 2010 2 Comments 1159 views

I have moved past the age where I require instant gratification. Mostly. I can accept the notion of delayed value, and I enjoy the planning process, of any endeavor, for what it is. With that said, there is nothing more frustrating, more ill-fitting on my soul, than a job half done. I have spent much […]

Don’t forget to floss

Posted by Ken Campbell June 22, 2010 0 Comment 1292 views

Peter Roose (pronounced “rose”) was a Swedish Immigrant who settled on a patch of land near Lake Ozette in the early 1900’s. A cousin of Lars Ahlstrom, another well-known settler in the area, Pete was what you might call a “loner.” He kept his little cabin by himself, raising sheep and strawberries to make ends […]

Solstice

Posted by Ken Campbell June 21, 2010 0 Comment 1039 views

Not to put too fine a point on it, but if I didn’t know any better, I’d say it was winter solstice. Without the benefit of a calendar, and just going by the weather, it would be an easy mistake to make.

Dad

Posted by Ken Campbell June 20, 2010 0 Comment 1770 views

When it comes to Hallmark Holidays, Father’s Day has got to be down near the back of the pack. It doesn’t have anywhere near the mass and clout of Mother’s Day, which is, as far as everything I’ve learned, a holy day of obligation for anyone walking on two legs. Mother is the secular saint, […]

You never know who’s watching

Posted by Ken Campbell June 19, 2010 2 Comments 979 views

I met a man yesterday named Rick who lives not far from the Foss waterway in downtown Tacoma. During the course of our conversation, it came out that he had taken a photo of a paddleboarder on the Foss on a foggy morning in January which, as it turned out, was me. He said it […]

Senses working overtime

Posted by Ken Campbell June 19, 2010 0 Comment 1128 views

If I could only have four senses instead of five, which one would I choose to give up? I can’t help but notice that many people have already answered that question for themselves, sort of. It has become more common to see people walking, running or biking with earphones than without. Kayaking too. As they […]