Author Archives: W&W Mudd

About W&W Mudd

Once retired from high tech and education, Warren and Wendy now enjoying part time RV-ing again. Oh yeah, and then there's that un-retired and managing Peoples Storage in Kenmore WA thing.

Fort Worden: A Bomb and a Blast!

Posted on March 24, 2021 by W&W Mudd

We worked a couple of snow days in early February, days when we had so much snow we told the Assistant Managers to stay home and we would fill in. It’s a great deal for us because, hey there’s about … Continue reading →

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Nothing Says Boonies like a Rusted Propane Tank Farm

Posted on January 23, 2021 by W&W Mudd

The big feature of our trip this time was a first visit to Forks, WA. We’ll get to the actuals a bit later in the blog, but our title comes from our first impression, cruising through town on the main … Continue reading →

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A Very Together Thanksgiving

Posted on December 2, 2020 by W&W Mudd

2020 is the Year of The Killer to me. Not so much in a sense of Jack the Ripper, but more along the lines of The Killjoy. For many decades, Wendy and I haven’t had a Thanksgiving just to ourselves. … Continue reading →

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The Well-Traveled Crab Pot

Posted on August 22, 2020 by W&W Mudd

On our recent (July 2020) annual vacation to Orcas Island, we fished for crab as we always do, setting our 3 pots just in front of the cabins at West Beach Resort. There were monster tides during the early week, … Continue reading →

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The Volcano – and My Inner Hippie Update

Posted on May 28, 2020 by W&W Mudd

Patience is a virtue, so they say. And I now know who are the all-time Patience Supremes. Hippies. I mean, here we are almost 60 years after the Age of Aquarius, and what do we have? When pot is legal … Continue reading →

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My Inner Hippie

Posted on April 6, 2020 by W&W Mudd

I have always (mostly) been a “high and tight” kind of haircut guy. I was once accused of channeling Oliver North, that Vietnam-era ultra conservative guy who never had a hair longer than 3/8” long anywhere on his head. My … Continue reading →

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InCARcerated Date Night

Posted on April 4, 2020 by W&W Mudd

A nearly unforgiveable play on words, but it’s my blog, so it is what it is. Two weeks into the Covid Incarceration, we innovated a Date Night by ordering out at the Olive Garden in Kirkland and making the round … Continue reading →

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A Tail We Couldn’t Shake

Posted on April 3, 2020 by W&W Mudd

We escaped from our socially-distant isolation yesterday the same way we have been doing most days, by taking a walk through parts of our neighborhood we haven’t seen on foot before. A road you have driven often looks quite different … Continue reading →

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Have I got a Corona Virus for YOU!

Posted on March 28, 2020 by W&W Mudd

Since getting my rosy “Not Detected” test results, I’ve put on hold calling these times the Hostage Crisis, and instead I’m going full stir-crazy, just like doing 10-to-life for a crime you never committed. Can anyone guess my big accomplishment … Continue reading →

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Corona Virus Hostage Tips #2 3/4

Posted on March 27, 2020 by W&W Mudd

Well the results are in! The SCAN lab just released a batch of test results for those tested on the first day, and I’m negative! Technically speaking, “Not Detected”, since this is a research study, self-collected specimen, without any chain-of-custody … Continue reading →

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