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Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778 and Fukahara Gogaku 1730-1799
What I love most about travel is the challenge of the new. This past month I have been in France, all in Paris and Japan. In France I walked the streets endlessly, lost five pounds, ate ferociously, drank semi-modestly, made enormous discoveries. What I...
TOTO THE SINGING TOILET
TOTO THE SINGING TOILET: IN JAPAN THE TOILETS ARE MARVELS OF WONDER AND WORKS OF ART. AS I APPROACH THE TOILET WITH SOME TREPIDATION, THERE ARE ELECTRIC WIRES HANGING FROM THE THING, THE SEAT OPENS UP AND THE WHOLE THING STARTS TO HUM. AS I STAND THERE IN WONDERMENT...
Pan au chocolate and a white frog
I am dreaming, my time clock is out of whack! I awake in the middle of the night from dreams of myopic turmoil. I roll over on my side pull my knees up and lie there a while then finally I roll over throw the covers off, reach for the light cord in the dark, find it...
Paris to Tokyo on the Arc
I am flying business out of Seattle to Frankfurt, then on to Paris. Business is worth it. Leaving Seattle in a gray, driving, leaden rain that was propelled by Northerlies. I jumped from my car at SeaTac, Kissed fervently my beautiful wife, Jane. I walked to the...
East of Moscow Exhibit
History Museum Welcomes Russian Art Exhibit Harbor History Museum is excited to announce the opening of East of Moscow: Russian Art Collection from the collection of Douglas Granum, artist of The Big Catch, on March 11th. Spanning the years of 1961-2007, this exhibit...
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The Wilson House
Architecture: The Wilson House with Pine Knoll Studios
Mystery Exists in the Void (The Red Door)
A commission for a revitalized neighborhood and the poor care of public artworks.
The Imperial Black Cone
A unique project cut from a unique material.
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Proposed Marine Raiders / Navajo Code Talker Monument: Historic and Modern Soldiers
In the most recent discussions of the design for this monument, it was expressed by the Marine Raider Association that...
In Search of the Sacred Valley
I remember when my father placed the candle onto Incan stone. No larger than a magnolia bud. Alabaster colored. The...
The Destruction of Washington State History: “Fireman’s Park Totem”
For lack of personal experience, along with profound hate and stupidity few can imagine today what great significance...
Hey Joe, did you print that BAR?
This was written in conjunction with the Marine Raiders and Code Talkers Monument project. All of my life I have been...
The Navajo Weapon
This article was published in The Raider Patch, Issue Q1 2020 (Part 1) and Q2 2020 (Part 2) This was written in...
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