Olson House

I am in Maine this week for a workshop with John Paul Caponigro. On Sunday I took a few minutes on my drive around the area and visit the Olson house that was made famous by Andrew Wyeth. The house is in pretty amazing shape given how old the house is and the amount...

Clean energy inspiration

Last fall I started working on a new project based in eastern Washington. The Puget Sound Energy company has installed a couple of very large wind farms. On a drive back from the palouse region, I stopped in with a good friend to see if we could get access to...

Coming storm

The palouse is an area in southeastern Washington that is made up of these beautiful rolling hills of mostly wheat. You can drive for hours mesmerized by the subtle nuances that appear in the fields based on the crop, harvesting cycles,  seasons and the weather.  It...

Waimea Canyon

The Grand Canyon of the Pacific did not disappoint. This is an amazing landscape. It really does remind one of the Grand Canyon except for the lush plant life that seems to grow right on the sides of the canyon. There are dozens of hidden waterfalls and nooks in the...

Hawaii Day 2

Well it has been warm for us today, or should I say warm for someone from Seattle. However, we have had lots of gray clouds hanging around for most of the day. It is nice when the sun breaks out from the clouds for a few minutes to give us some bright sunshine. We...

First Day in Hawaii

Lori and I got to Kauai late last night and there wasn’t much to see after dark, but we managed to find our hotel just fine and got to drift off to sleep to the sound of the ocean. This is my first trip to Kauai, and so today was really about just a quick drive...