Hanging Out With Rock Stars

 I'm posing with The Underhills front lady Manisha. This was taken on New Years Eve.

Taylor Wins Civic Award

 Congrats to Auburn Deputy mayor Tracy Taylor.  Media Maven reports that Taylor was chosen to receive the Regional Hometown Hero Award.  The award was present by King County Executive Girmay Zahilay. 

Taylor, well known as a former traffic reporter for several TV and radio stations in the area, is the fourth recipient of the award.  

You can read her acceptance speech by clicking here.

More Signs Of Spring

The trees in the back are showing their colors. Only lasts a short time so we have to enjoy it while we can.

Cobain Memorial 3

A headstone honoring Kurt Cobain at the site which is under the bridge in Aberdeen.

Cobain Memorial 2

Kurt Cobain Memorial

Grunge rock star, Kurt Cobain who died in 1994, is is honored in his hometown of Aberdeen, with this exhibit.

Cobain was the lead singer of Nirvana.

We passed through on the way back home from Ocean Shores.

Dean Of Area's Political Columnists--Joel Connolly Dies

 

 

I was shocked yesterday (Thursday, April 16th, 2026) to read about the passing of former Seattle PI political columnist and current blogger, Joel Connolly.  

For the past 5 years, I've been reading Joel's work in the collaborative blog, Post Alley.   Post Alley features blogs from several writers, who talk about Seattle topics, mostly in politics.  Connolly's work, I felt was the most interesting and enjoyable to read. 

In addition, his writing appeared in the Cascadia Advocate, a blog put out by the Northwest Progressive Institute.   Many of his writings appeared in both. 

I became a regular reader after Connolly wrote a beautiful post about my cousin, Stan Barer, which you can read by clicking here.

Connolly's last column for Post Alley was published on the day of his death.

Tributes to Connolly have come from both sides of the area's political spectrum.  He will be truly missed. 

Ocean View

Enjoying the sunrise in Ocean Shores.