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On a yearly basis, as we approach Easter, I move from drawing two dimensional cartoon characters to molding three dimensional characters inspired from film and literature. The egg is the fundamental building block for these creatures…carefully blown eggs. Originally I … Continue reading →

They say there is no looking back. But after my mad dash, and inspired by Davy to vanquish the creatures, I turned. Nothing. They had vanished. Perhaps my deadly stare turned them to stone. Or Bear’s GROWL had sent them … Continue reading →

Forget fight.. this was all flight. If this was Survival Of The Fittest, I was going to rely on my homing instinct and track our footprints back to the car and where we last saw the adults. I heard the … Continue reading →

Each time I ski along the River Run trail, along the Methow River and across from the rugged Goat Wall, I yodel. I listen for the echo and seem to hear my father’s voice in the mountains yodeling back. Dad … Continue reading →

Survival of the Fittest meant only one thing to this intrepid explorer — RUN!

Creatures from the Ocean Depths were certain to find me a tasty morsel. I could be Sweet Meat. I would not be subject to the whims of fate. Natural Selection would not happen if I had anything to say about … Continue reading →

I was nobody’s fool. If the tide was rising, why stay a minute longer at the water’s edge. Time to find the Tsunami evacuation route and head for the hills!

There were times on the trip when other travelers must have viewed us as a traveling road show. What with the packed boat on a trailer, three out-of-control kids, the two parakeets, two turtles and Suzette, the neurotic wonder dog. … Continue reading →

Our expedition seemed to be replicating the task of Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald as we attempted to cross mountains ranges with our boat. Every pass was a struggle, steam pumping out of the car radiator, yet the boat was … Continue reading →