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Posted on December 12, 2020May 28, 2023

Many Trees Make a Forest

While this pandemic has been ramping up, I have not lost my focus on the issue of funding forests. In fact, for the last several … Read More ›

old woman in bright hat
Census series

Dementia Behind Closed Doors

Each day when I went out to do the census, I never knew what kind of people I would meet. What I would glimpse in … Read More ›

Posted on October 15, 2020January 28, 2024
no trespassing sign on chainlink fence
Census series

Thank You for Your Service

Gated driveways were often frustrating when working the census, with very discouraging signs on them. Out in the country, “No trespassing” signs are quite common, … Read More ›

Posted on October 12, 2020January 28, 2024
The Waltons cast, numbered
Census series

This Will Just Take About 10 Minutes…

Over a decade ago, when I suddenly needed to earn money, a friend trained me in professionally washing windows. “Now, just go out and knock … Read More ›

Posted on September 26, 2020January 28, 2024
4 men in a poker game
Census series

The Luck of the Draw

One census address was particularly difficult to find, since it was off a street that disappeared for a section where a stultifying new housing development … Read More ›

Posted on September 23, 2020January 28, 2024
Deteriorating singlewide trailers in a row
Census series

Salts of the Earth

One time I enumerated an address on a large parcel which had the most gorgeous 100 year old firs and cedars on it. Glorious! But … Read More ›

Posted on September 21, 2020January 28, 2024
lonely man on forest path
Census series

“Um…What Month Is This?”

At a single-story manufactured home tucked in the woods up a curving side road, I rang the doorbell, stepped back from the door and waited. … Read More ›

Posted on September 17, 2020January 28, 2024
Census series

I Count, Because We All Count: Introduction

You may remember that when the pandemic hit, I declined to go out and work the US 2020 Decennial Census until the situation became clearer.  … Read More ›

Posted on September 1, 2020January 28, 2024
Thelma and Louise driving off the cliff
useful

Conundrum at the Cliff

I’ve been driving my 1989 Toyota van for 10 years. It was 21 when I got it, so it’s an antique now. It was the … Read More ›

Posted on May 21, 2020January 28, 2024
Uncategorized

The Spanish Flu Orderly

My mother’s father, Dr. Jose R. Palomo, was born on the island of Guam in 1898, before the island was ceded by the Spanish to … Read More ›

Posted on April 1, 2020January 28, 2024
Bill shoveling compost
Uncategorized

Bon Pandémique!

It almost feels like a rehearsal for a play. Everyone playing their parts, flubbing their lines and tripping over the props as they try to … Read More ›

Posted on March 24, 2020January 28, 2024
Washington State Capitol Building, Olympia, WA
trees, useful

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

Ever since the clearcut nextdoor, I have started “participating”. I have started showing up at local community meetings. I have gathered signatures for a petition … Read More ›

Posted on February 7, 2020January 28, 2024
Airliner above snowcapped mountains
travel, trees, useful

Trees & Travel Collide in the Evergreen State

In the mid 1980s, I owned a travel agency which specialized in cheap airline tickets to Asia. I still have my ledger of every ticket … Read More ›

Posted on January 24, 2020January 28, 2024
close-up of pine in Kew Gardens
trees, useful

Funding Our Forests, Part Two

We’ve all heard the terms carbon credits, carbon offsets and “cap and trade”. We know this has something to do with the environment and global … Read More ›

Posted on January 17, 2020January 28, 2024
Forest, lake, mountain
trees, useful

Funding Our Forests, Part One

Climate change has made urgent the need to preserve the trees and forests we already have, as well as increase tree coverage by planting new … Read More ›

Posted on December 26, 2019January 28, 2024
food, useful

Make Lettuce Immortal Again

Don’t you hate it when you buy some nice lettuce and you get maybe 2 good salads out of it and then it starts going … Read More ›

Posted on December 16, 2019January 28, 2024
View of sky through pines
trees

What Is the Value of a Tree?

Before I bought my land, I lived in an apartment in Seattle that spilled down the side of Beacon Hill in a grove of huge … Read More ›

Posted on December 7, 2019January 28, 2024
travel

A Stylish Entrance: Latches, Knobs & Doors

When I was very little, we had a couple of charcoal sketches framed on the wall. One was of an iron latch. I think there … Read More ›

Posted on November 19, 2019January 28, 2024
Lime pudding cake
delicious, food

Citrus Pudding Cakes!

My mother found this recipe in Fine Cooking magazine some years ago and it’s been one of my favorite desserts ever since. If you love … Read More ›

Posted on November 12, 2019January 28, 2024
Westminster Palace across the Thames
travel

Walking History in Westminster

Although I have been to and through London, UK, numerous times, I had never visited the Houses of Parliament. I didn’t even know if you … Read More ›

Posted on November 6, 2019January 28, 2024

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  • Many Trees Make a Forest
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A cup of tea at an unusual hour

  • Tea tasting after a long drive in tea area of Chiang Rai, Thailand
    Tea tasting after a long drive in tea area of Chiang Rai, Thailand
  • Tea on the Grand Union Canal, Britain, 1944
    Tea on the Grand Union Canal, Britain, 1944
  • Tea pouring from a tetsubin
    Tea break
  • Tea in Istanbul
    Tea in Istanbul
  • A "cappucino" made with green tea in Nong Khai, Thailand
    A matchappino in Nong Khai, Thailand
  • Morning tea on the dock at Lake Crescent
    Early morning tea at Lake Crescent, Washington, USA
  • Persian tea with rock sugar swirlers
    Persian tea with rock sugar swirlers
  • Drinking tea in Aleppo, Syria; image by James Gordon
    Drinking tea in Aleppo, Syria; by James Gordon
  • Sipping a cuppa in Ethiopia; by Ron Waddington
    Sipping a cuppa in Ethiopia; by Ron Waddington
  • Tea, phone, camera; by curiousbino
    Tea, phone, camera; by curiousbino
  • The Samovar, by William Paxton, 1926
    The Samovar, by William Paxton, 1926
  • Waiting for the eclipse
    Waiting for the eclipse
  • Tea at totality in Poulsbo, WA, USA
    Tea at totality in Poulsbo, WA, USA. It seemed much darker, but you had to be there...
  • Tea in Russia, ca 1930
    Tea in Russia, ca 1930
  • Kolkata tea break, by Rangan Datta
    Kolkata tea break, by Rangan Datta
  • Bed tea for the Queen
    Bed tea for the Queen
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    Campfire tea

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