A Day on Samish Island

The view from Mrs. Wright’s living room is constantly changing. The lighting changes with the rising and setting of the sun, clouds and weather roll in, and there is the constant shifting of the tides. Throw in a couple of eagles, herons, and humming birds, along with some boat traffic, and you’ve got a constant [...]

Posted by Tom on July 6th, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Photography, Travel

2010 – Paddling Year in Review

2010 certainly had its ups and downs for our extended family. We lost a family member to cancer, several of my family and friends had other health issues, and the lingering financial cloud presented challenges at work as well at home. Laura and I weren’t exactly able to take a vacation, but we were able [...]

Posted by Tom on December 31st, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Paddling

Lowcountry Incredible

The other day I was going through photos of our various paddling trips and itching to get back on the water.  As I was looking at the pictures, for some reason the theme song from The Incredibles by Michael Giacchino kept running through my mind.  I started collecting some of the shots, and wound up [...]

Posted by Tom on February 26th, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Paddling

Hidden Columbia

Tuesday I had to make one of my occasional trips down to Columbia for a meeting. The meeting was being held in an unusual location, and there were traffic detours all around the school. That meant that I saw more of Columbia neighborhoods than I normally see on one of these visits. Seeing the abandoned [...]

Posted by Tom on February 10th, 2010 | 9 Comments Posted in Internet, Travel

Multitrack Madness

Back in 1985 my brother Houston introduced me to Todd Rundgren’s innovative album, A Cappella [sic]. Rundgren used digital sampling to create an album made up only of the human voice. He added distortion and manipulated the sounds to emulate drums and other instruments. Back then this was really impressive, and I was amazed that [...]

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Posted by Tom on February 8th, 2010 | No Comments Posted in Entertainment, Music
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