Category Archives: News and politics

From my friend Paul: Al Gore spoke at Seattle’s Town Hall on June 4th. I didn’t get to hear him live (tickets sold out in just a few minutes), but his speech played on the radio two days ago. I found his talk … Continue reading →

We are on day two of the power outage and still there are over 700,000 of us without power. As I look out my library window it is pitch black as far as I can see. Periodically I see a … Continue reading →

One of the downsides to having so much old growth trees is that when a storm hits the Northwest US, there are a lot of tree that are uprooted. The winds from last night’s storms approached 75 mph in places. … Continue reading →