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The NYTimes has a sobering story today Why a Generation in Japan Is Facing a Lonely Death BY NORIMITSU ONISHI In postwar Japan, a single-minded focus on rapid economic growth helped erode family ties. Now, a generation of elderly Japanese … Continue reading →

This astonishing sequence was filmed by wild life cameraman and travel journalist Dylan Winter who is currently sailing around the UK in an 18 foot boat.

The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza: Donald Trump is unique among modern Presidents in that he has no significant legislative accomplishments to show for ten months after taking office. Year one is when Presidents usually make their mark, especially if they came … Continue reading →

Diane Stevens took this photo from her living room window at about 6:30 AM on November 7th!

From Axios: “Waymo, Google’s self-driving car company, is pulling the human backup driver from self-driving minivans and will test vehicles on public roads with only an employee in the back seat, AP’s Tom Krisher reports from Detroit: Why it matters: “It’s a major step … Continue reading →

Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Lots more men than women.  Looks as if half of smokers quit after age 65.  An undergrad degree cuts smoking in half, and a graduate … Continue reading →

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“You continually pray when you are living a life of kindness, although not with your mouth yet with your heart. That which you love is continually in your thoughts, even when you are unconscious of it.” Emanuel Swedenborg

“Did you say ‘trick’? Maybe that’s it. Maybe it’s been one long, horrible trick.”

(From Marilyn Webb) By David Horsey in the LA Times: “In the middle of a pool game in the back room of the Flying Bull tavern, my new friend, Jarrod Stout, pulled me aside. He wanted to make sure I … Continue reading →

The Seattle Art Museum has a major upcoming exhibit of Andrew Wyeth’s art (click on the link to view) from October 19th to January 15th. The Skyline presentation yesterday was excellent. Here is a taste of his art.    

Its popularity has inspired me to put last week’s post about the Skyline Surround into a more updateable form: So the two new downtown buildings blocking any sunset views we might have had to the west and southwest will be complete … Continue reading →

The Frye Museum’s parking lot will close in the fall/winter of 2017/18 to make room for new construction.  Here are the latest plans.  That’s Skyline to the left, the cathedral to the right, and the Frye at the bottom.  And … Continue reading →

Cliff Mass took this on Friday, flying into Seattle.