For there are places that hold not only the old secrets of the land, but its ancient magics. We walk them and are enfolded not only by feral shadows, but palpable sense of a long memory in which we are merely an unfortunate flicker. – #CLNolan

Trump wants to let special interests and giant development companies trample our public lands.  He wants extraction over conservation. Yet ANOTHER give away to Big Oil and Gas. Not on my watch.

Progress being made on RAW magick book www.rawillumination.net/2026/04/prog...

Just some springtime stuff

Sunset at Juanita Bay recently

My Millionaires' Tax proposal applies to less than .5% of Washingtonians. With that: 170,000 small businesses no longer pay a B&O tax. 460,000 more households receive the Working Families Tax Credit. All Washingtonians no longer pay sales tax on baby and hygiene products.

Seattle’s #NoKings March www.facebook.com/share/v/1CRN...

Just a random selection of my week. It was a good week.

This needs a few signatures if you’re in the UK. Thanks! secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/176528/...

2 rivers in 2 days. Glacier Creek and the Cle Elum.

I took my friend’s dog Wiley for a walk, now he’s done.

Artist Point, Mt Baker. We’re back now, but ran away to the mountains for a week. It was glorious.

Random life moments this week.

More of the Rubber Boa!

Beautiful Rubber Boa I found! 😍 Washington has Boas! They don’t get very big, and they’re very shy and docile. I got to pet this one! It needed to move to a safer place than the footpath, so I gave it a pet on the butt to get it moving into the brush.

Found a cool rock today.

Y'all notice they're rounding up most of these "freeloading" immigrants AT WORK???!!

Pacific City Oregon is insanely beautiful.

Ridiculously cute. I need crocs on when feeding these fuzzy weirdos. Otherwise they think my toes are peanuts. 😆😆

What a month. Done with 3 weeks of my Mom, and then 3 nights with Jon’s parents… Whew! It’s been very tough seeing them all struggling with aging and mobility issues. It’s tough living so far away from family. Anybody who is a carer for older relatives has my deepest respect.

@wsdot.wa.gov Driver on the 28, bus number 8082 leaving 8th at 12.30pm today went above and beyond helping my Mom with accessibility. Thanks so much!

Mayhem.

Just leaving this here in case there’s still confusion about the definition of habeas corpus. As a law firm, we’re pretty familiar with it. #Legal101 #KnowYourRights

It was windy yesterday. 😆

A few things from my week.

Pika!!

Wonderful weekend away at our friend Eric’s place. Mt Baker. Chair 9 pizza, always good. We miss Graham’s though!

Made a little Jumping Spider friend yesterday.

Sunbow today. One of my crows got in on the act. 😆😆

It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

I love vultures!

We spent a lovely day out in the woods and water at Lake Cle Elum yesterday. Vultures, chipmunks, frogs, and somebody who growled at us in the woods! 😳 That was disconcerting… Found some gorgeous turkey feathers!

Here is how Brits can help our trans friends with the barbaric recent legal ruling. Write to your MP!! Here are some good guidelines for what to say, put together by my good friend Jo and her wife. www.translegalproject.org/post/urgent-...

Daily squirrel. Quiet morning, I think they’re preparing nests for babies!

Omg, took my Godson Wiley to the dog bar tonight. We had beers, he got butt rubs. Everyone was happy.

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Found the perfect spot to sit for a while and listen to the Sealions barking.

Horrible news out of the UK this morning for my trans friends, I’m so sorry. All because of a handful of fear-driven, entitled, bigoted and ignorant Karens. UK trans lives matter.