Tonight was the opening of the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) and a publishing house sent me an invite to a reception and then onto the opening gala. It was extremely thoughtful of them and really it would have been rude it turn it down. For those who don’t live in Seattle SIFF goes on for three weeks and this year has almost 450 films…
Early morning in Snohomish
It was an early morning to finish a couple of things off for today, this was the view from home as the sun came up. It’s a beautiful looking morning.
A little change is good for the soul.
This is a post I’ve composed in my mind 50 times today, I’m still not sure I’ve got it right, but please bear with me it’s been a brutally long day. One of the things that has been so freeing about the last year has been the reestablishing of a couple of very important friendships, these are people I can talk without feeling like I…
Todays “Really… I mean really?” moment…
…is brought to you by the stuff under the oven. I was preparing the kitchen before I put down some new flooring in the kitchen and was about to move the oven when I noticed there was a few things under there. I got a broom handle and to my surprise pulled this little pile out… I’m not sure what the green thing that was…
Thoughts…
I’ve been working on some interesting stuff today, part of it putting together some thoughts on writing and publishing for a friend. It was an interesting exercise. 1. I believe that writing is life affirming and changed my life for the better 2. Writing is journey that has changed, being published in whatever form is no longer the destination 3. There is strength in community,…
Sounders 1 – Timbers 1
There are a number of talking points that I’m sure will be picked up elsewhere from last nights game. The tifo from ECS was outstanding; there was no other way to describe it. Nine large panels that involved all incarnations of the Sounders teams over the years. I’m sure there are plenty of better pictures on the net, it’s worth looking for. The weather was…
Yep, it’s derby week – part II.
Saturday is one of the games a lot of people circled when the schedule was released on February; the build up has been exactly what one would expect from a derby game. Lots of sledging, trash being talked and of course all this generates a lot of media hype. It’s another big night out under the lights at Qwest field. Former Sounder player and manager…
Will it hold out?
The weather was rather stunning today, by the standards of he last couple of months. Still a little distance to go for a warm May day, but the trend is good.
Yep, it’s derby week.
Got sent this link today – www.portscumtimbers.com/index.php
A consistent message?
So a couple of weeks ago the league made it clear when it dropped a 10 game suspension and $5K fine on Brian Mullan for “that” tackle of Steve Zakuani that reckless challenges were going to get hit hard. Last week there was another hard “playing the player” tackle by Marcos Mondani of Chivas USA on Javier Morales. Morales is one of the most skillful…