My work life is really increasing in intensity. This is County Fair month, so we are scrambling to get our booth put together and our staff trained with our focus points for this year’s Fair.
This is a short story of why I gave up being an Emergency Medical Technician in the early 1990s. The reason? Kids. More exactly: injured children. After five years of serving as a volunteer EMT, I quit. I served on a local ambulance service in an isolated rural community. It was a wonderful way to … Continue reading
Scenario: A major earthquake has hit the San Juan Islands, resulting in a tsunami that pounded shorelines in the Puget Sound region. Power is out throughout much of the region, and radio and cell towers have toppled over. Many roads are impassable, and only military vehicles and helicopters have access to some areas. The Olympic … Continue reading
Every year, Jan and I craft 125 Native American flute kits out of PVC pipe, wood blocks, and bits of leather and feather. It takes a couple of days, but it’s well worth it. See construction steps and the finished product in the gallery.
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