Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
The current Earth Day was first observed on April 22, 1970, as an “environmental teach-in” at two thousand colleges and universities and ten thousand elementary, middle school and high schools across the United States. It was a grass-roots response to Continue reading Earth Day
This billboard is in downtown Bremerton, Washington. The text: “Buzzed. Busted. Broke. Get caught buzzed driving and it could cost you $10,000” suggests that this could be advice from a financial counselor. Or perhaps the police, as there were signs Continue reading Buzzed. Busted. Broke.
Poulsbo is a small town in northern Kitsap County, which in turn is a peninsula located between Hood Canal and Puget Sound in Washington State. For most purposes, it is functionally an island, with just one lone land highway connecting Continue reading Poulsbo: paradise?
This salad is piled atop a 12-inch plate. It is a lunch salad, from the Oak Table Cafe in Silverdale, Washington. (Location). It was delicious. We came. We tried. But the salad won.
Dungeness Spit is a nearly six-mile long sand spit that curves out from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is a spectacular setting. On this day you can see both Canada — the Continue reading Dungeness Spit panorama
American marketing is given to excess: “The greatest thing since sliced bread!” “The boldest step in home living since the flush toilet!” “This crew-cab truck is sooo big, you’ll need an aircraft hanger to garage it!” “100 times more powerful Continue reading Mini-burger
Really? A five course tequila dinner?
Take two Asian religions (Judaism, Christianity), mix in some pagan and commercial European elements (evergreen trees, stocking caps, candy canes), add in a food from the Americas (cocoa) and a subject that mixes Christian theology (“Follow me, and I will make Continue reading Fishy, but chocolate
This poor little bunny, a Godiva bunny no less, has suffered the depredations of a maurading bunny nibbler. The bunny is but a shell of its former self, a broken shell at that.