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The Volcano – and My Inner Hippie Update

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

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

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

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

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

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

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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Corona Virus Hostage Tips #2 1/2

Posted on March 26, 2020 by

I’ve received messages from Followers (thank you for following!) about any results I might have received from my SCAN testing (see the last post). SCAN is the Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network, funded by the Gates Foundation, for surveying penetration of … Continue reading →

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Corona Virus Hostage Tips #2

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

Big day in the old Muddscape household. A big DIY day, that is. When God gives you flour, salt, yeast and water, make bread. Wendy whipped up a loaf of her Rustic No-Knead Bread, and the house smelled just fabuloso … Continue reading →

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Corona-rona, bo-bona, Bonana-fana fo-fona, Fe-Fi-mo-mona, Corona!

Posted on March 21, 2020 by

In these strange times, it helps to remember all the things that make our lives wondrous and happy. And to do some of them. C’mon, you surely have the time! Eat well. Make it more fun by challenging yourselves to … Continue reading →

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Escape to Orcas

Posted on March 17, 2020 by

For my birthday we traveled up to Orcas Island, where my sister and Brother-in-Law maintain a vacation cottage. We did this just ahead of the Washington state-wide advisory not to travel needlessly, which I thought was pretty fortuitous, until Governor … Continue reading →

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