BACK TO BLUE:   I guess the gray was just for a day, because we were back to sunny and blue today. I needed to return a book to the libr...

GRAY DAY:    For some reason, I was thinking it was going to be sunny and 80-plus every day in Seattle from here to eternity.  Guess I w...

TRAIL MIX: The MPA student body is away at summer school (a/k/a camping), and the dogs and I are here holding down the fort. Have I men...

AND THEY'RE OFF:   It's a little quiet around the MPA campus since the entire student body is gone fishin'. And campin'...

WE WILL ROCK YOU:   Just look at the happy people, standing in the shade. Annabelle is beaming, having a good ol' time. What this ph...

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?: Our morning out and about included a walk to what we call 'Eagle Beach' since the first time we visited there...

Credit: NASA's Wallops Flight Facility ROCKET ROLLOUT:  There's a launch this weekend - hopefully! Upright on a pad at the Wall...