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- Pollination and Propagation – A Painting Series
- Windows that open
- Are there people inside the camera?
- Gallery
- What are you reading?
- Creation and Re-creation
- Favorite Restaurants
- MUSEE de la CHASSE et de la NATURE
- Handstand anyone? Cupcake with Sprinkles?
- Wallingford Greenway opens with a Kidical Mass Gathering
- A June day
- Surfing on her birthday
- Amber and Todd and baby Parker!
- April Fool’s Day Pranks
- Jumping into the pool
- Being four
- The new series of jewelry is selling at the SAM Store
- Howling the night away
- White blanket for the skyscrapers
- Making Friends with Every Gecko in Belize
- We were looking for Santas and found Do Ho Suh’s Gate!
- Living past 100… actively
- Homework in the Globe
- One way to work with fractions.
- Tickle Time
- Have you ever had to walk uphill all night to get to a bunny in trouble?
- Sunny reading
- “To play without passion is inexcusable” or Rascal and the Minnie Bergman’s Park.
- Inspiration is for Amateurs or The Olympic Sculpture Park
- When was the last time you hung out under the surface?
- Sleeping model
- Sand and water
- Being Plumb
- Three Plumb earrings
- Naomi at Catherine and Mike’s wedding
- The dream just floats up into her head.
- Two sisters outfit their digs and enjoy the design mishaps
- Chocolate Cake
- Jeanne gives us a gardening tip and Elinor visits.
- Bang Bang at Camp Casey
- The first-grade book club
- Chalking it up on the front porch
- He said, “Nobody gets out of here alive.”
- Crazy hair day at Evergreen
- Naomi’s party
- “You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” or How many times have you been married …to the same person?
- A Furry Hammer met us on the sidewalk. Hello Nick Cave!
- Did your school teach insatiable desire, focus and the art of persuasion? Sir Ken Robinson & Seth Godin pipe in on what we should and should not be teaching.
- Naomi’s birthday is just around the corner.
- Selling pigs off a bike
- Simone’s book club
- The importance of vulnerability
- Easter 2011
- The Artist Toolbox – NOW for Season Two!
- Why they were saying among themselves that it cannot be done, it was done.
- The Artist Toolbox
- Carrying the world on your shoulders?
- IndieFlix
- The floating bakery
- Which moments do you remember?
- Naomi tells the story of Rosa Parks
- Half the Sky is both a brutal awakening and an unmistakable call to action. -Melinda Gates
- Bringing Science to Science Fiction
- A half century of kids playing with Circuitry
- Simone’s take on Dolphins
- How to have a lovely birthday.
- Are you stuffy? or The cost of Consumerism
- A sheet holding confetti and balloons
- Simone’s on the cover of Life Magazine in Shanghai
- They are so much fun!
- Airport Santa
- What is Santa’s favorite midnight snack?
- A party about stories
- Santa stopped by the tower.
- Round and round
- Ten Favorite toys!
- 14 GREAT Children’s books (7 for a 3 year old and 7 for a 6 year old)
- Violin
- Storytelling gathering for the holidays
- Kevin is making it safe to Gulp it down
- Massive art involving tens of thousands of individuals and best seen, in many cases, from outer space.
- Snow day or Ahhh L-I-F-E
- Are you honing in on the virtues or letting them slide? Honestly?
- "Failure is Impossible"
- A global beginning to the day
- Naomi’s KOMO tour of the Tower or “What was on the cutting room floor?”
- Art is never chaste.
- 115 "area ways" below the streets of Pioneer Square
- Hillary does Pier 30
- First time
- "Please Vote!" or Clinton’s in Town
- Mieraye, Obama and Murray or the President comes to town.
- Java with Senator Patty Murray and President Obama
- Making a Home in a Pyramid, 462 Feet Above Seattle
- Ending nuclear proliferation
- Making body parts and firing madly!
- Brunch with Margit, Ben, Sarah, Rob and Pascal or Hot Lava
- Simone’s laptop
- Why are you smilin’ like a rabbit in a briarpatch?
- You’re just jealous cause the voices only talk to me or "Pumpkin Head"
- A One Nation Sunday
- Instead of Driver’s Education, Children attend Biker’s Education
- Hot Lava
- Naomi at work
- Venture Capital Panel at Bell Harbor or "Due Diligence Live"
- Naomi & Annabel on their First Day at Evergreen School
- Claudette & Susan do Seattle
- Boogie All Day Long
- Monica, David, Sophie & Annabel come over.
- Seattle Center …our extended yard…
- Baby Pia
- Enjoy KT Niehoff’s “Relatively Real” from 2005
- wing span
- rock n roll camp
- Deluged in Seattle
- A Garage Sale detour enroute to the Reptile Zoo
- Occidental Market
- Ballard Commons
- Mama Mia
- Circumnavigating 100 feet from home court
- Limb to Limb
- The surface of the water at Moss Bay
- On Thursday We Were A Circus
- Zombie Parade or The sum was far greater than its parts
- Geocaching or There was Shakespeare at the Troll
- And besides, they are DISTINCT!
- How we ended up in the Smith Tower lighthouse?
- Birthday at 3700 feet
- There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. -Winston Churchill
- Greenlake ships.
- Abbey Road
- Leaping McKinley
- Arne’s egg.
- Mazama Migration 2010
- PHOTO FRIDAY
- Grandma Elinor and Naomi
- Chinese Carving on the Bedroom door
- Event at Perkins Coie
- Heating Up
- Wiffling the afternoon away
- Josie Schembre channeling Josephine Baker & Isadora Duncan
- Nomadic kids
- Antigua back yard
- Pioneer schmoozing
- Merging collective experiences – AR from Blaise
- Daily Rituals or Off to School
- Dinner with the Strains across the Square
- Yelling at the TV
- Holiday 2009 or slinky on the hotel stairs
- Sweet and HORRIFYING! or A Whirling Deverish Halloween
- Elinor and Naomi enjoying the day.
- Pausing at Rhoad’s End
- Rhoads’ catch
- Gritty Oasis in Seattle or Beaching in Seattle
- Ferry on over to Vashon Island
- Knighted by chivalrous iron-clad warriors in Gasworks Park
- Therese and Dale and Serra
- The BIG DIG Treasure Hunt or Simone’s 5th or Great Traditions
- Naomi and paint
- Santa stopped by the tower a week early
- Jewel in the Oval Office (Sally Jewel)
- Boardman Lake
- Boardman Lake
- Annual Summer Sail
- Sailing
- Mazama hike with Ben and Margit and Naomi
- Brody’s brother arrives for tea party with Simone
- Her medium is gnarly. She works “in” plants.
- Take Your Time – Olafur Eliasson & Who’s afraid of Jasper Johns at Tony Shafrazi
- Fishing at twin ponds on crazy hair day at Evergreen School
- Home Depot or Cart Etiquette
- Susan Robb does the Lawrimore Project
- You Complete Me
- The manufacturing of controversy about Evolution!
- David and Naomi after work
- Legislation Trumps Jurisprudence “Deciphering the Siberian Wolf Code”
- The tribe aflight or Zander, Scott, David, Eric and Stefan leap together
- Double-wide jaunt through urban landscape
- Treasure Trails Nordic Snow day!
- Kidspace and The Getty Museum
- Simone and Naomi concerto
- Vitamin D
- Slithering or Rhoads’ End or Ahoy Mateys! or Sunset Boggie
- The Gorgeous Power of Seadragon
- Margit and Naomi meet
- Welcome Naomi!
- Terminal socializing
- Jessica, Blaine, Lucinda and Arno come over for dinner
- A Citizen of the United States!
- Wilfred and Elinor visit us in Sun Valley
- Simone sounds out
- Knocked up and low on carabiners or Enjoying Zion
- Saying I do.
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Bringing Science to Science Fiction
Larry Dalton In 2000, Larry Dalton came over to the tower apartment to share his idea of creating a Research Center for “Materials Science and Devices” that would bring together material scientists from across the country to solve the hardest … Continue reading
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A half century of kids playing with Circuitry
A toy, similar to “Snap Circuits“ was covered in the September 1967 issue of Electronics Illustrated. Then and now, what you get is a box of domino like magnetic pieces that allow kids to snap together cool electronics such as … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Naomi, Parenting, Science and Tech, Simone
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Simone’s take on Dolphins
Simone gave a presentation in her classroom today about Dolphins. She used questions to start the talk. Her peers listened avidly. The whole thing surprised me. Her ease in front of the class and the attentive behavior of the class. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Naomi, Simone
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How to have a lovely birthday.
What a great birthday! Thank you! Breakfast in bed, the 1st grade book club and then friends over for a party. Debbie and Peyman, Monica and David, Margit and Ben, Andrea and Dana, joined David, Naomi, Simone and me for … Continue reading
Are you stuffy? or The cost of Consumerism
Annie Leonard blogs about what went on inside Martin Luther King’s head as he weighed the case at 5AM as to whether or not he would get involved, and if he does step in, then how much, hmm, what to … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Leonard, Culture, Martin Luther King, Science, Story of Stuff
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A sheet holding confetti and balloons
The girls went over to Trixie and Vivian’s house for a Disco New Year’s Party. Sarah and Scott Miller have been doing this for a few years and the kids love it. At 7pm there was a huge countdown and … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Family, Friends, Gatherings, Holidays
Tagged Confetti, Disco party, Doug Miller, events, Family, friends, gathering, Holidays, Naomi, new year's eve, party, Sarah Miller, Simone, Trixie, Vivian
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Simone’s on the cover of Life Magazine in Shanghai
Peter Lundberg, the sculptor of massive concrete works, and Graceley, the curator for the Chinese Olympic sculpture collection, came to visit last week. Gracely brought a copy of Life magazine from Shanghai (There it is called The Bund). Would you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Family, The Arts
Tagged Culture, Family, Gracely, Peter Lunberg, Simone, Stuart Issett, The Arts, The Bund
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They are so much fun!
Goofy as can be whether we are in the minivan… Or the apartment…. At the park… On writing on our sidewalk. Playing is an art form, mastered by kids. They crack themselves up… …and, of course, I’m in stitches by … Continue reading
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What is Santa’s favorite midnight snack?
We’re not religious but we like celebrating so this year we did both Hanukah and Christmas. Above is the note Simone left Santa. It is a two-sided plea to find out what Santa most likes to eat in the middle … Continue reading
Santa stopped by the tower.
Naomi saw this image and asked me, “Mama, how cold was the North pole? Did you like working in the toy shop? I’m glad you are back, Mama.”
Ten Favorite toys!
I’ve been thinking about Simone and Naomi’s favorite toys. 1.) A horse tire swing ($79.99) We’ve tied this swing to a zip line across our living room and use it everday. Sheets get thrown over the zip line to create a … Continue reading
14 GREAT Children’s books (7 for a 3 year old and 7 for a 6 year old)
All 14 books have a few things in common. They have kooky unpredictable plots. They have terrific illustrations. They have marvelously moody characters that evolve and transcend their predicaments. Naomi and Simone each received a book a day during the first … Continue reading
Violin
It was nerve wracking for sure. Simone considered not even going to school the day of the recital but when the time came for her to play…she did it.
Kevin is making it safe to Gulp it down
My friend Kevin Flick is heading up a team at PATH focused on creating a household water purification system for the third world. Prior to this Kevin worked at Microsoft designing game related devices and before that he designed prosthetics. … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, friends, India, Kevin Flick, PATH, Science, Technology
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Massive art involving tens of thousands of individuals and best seen, in many cases, from outer space.
Bill McKibben’s recent article in Grist, talks about the massive art coming out of the 350 initiative. The name, 350 Earth, points to the number of parts per million that most scientists agree is an acceptable upper level of carbon … Continue reading