"There are more things in Washington State, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
~ Pioneer Bill Shakespeare in 1858, after slogging his way over Snoqualmie Pass.
Welcome to the PNWonderland State of Washington; blessed with volcanoes, glaciers, rain forests, shrub steppe, Pacific beaches, Puget Sound, Hood Canal, the Salish Sea, three spectacular National Parks and the mighty Columbia River.
Former engineer turned independent writer. Lover of Nature, animal lover and, of late, an inveterate aviphile, or bird lover. Arya the Cockatiel, my avian dinosaur companion, keeps me grounded.
A Substack of subjects of interest to me...history, politics, writing, family, Asperger's, weird stuff, animals, and humor. For folks to enjoy. Angry trolls can go elsewhere.
Self-reliance as resistance, not as aesthetic. Practical skills and honest dispatches from a working farm in western Maine.