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Slanted Sun: Morning in Dog Marsh

Monday the day broke beautifully and I was out the door for a photowalk within minutes of waking up. I chose my go-to destination in hometown Hoquiam, Wash.: Dog

Birds of Grays Harbor: A Hoquiam (Wash.) Walk

Tuesday afternoon I took a photographic ramble through my hometown of Hoquiam, Wash., to near the city limits on the bay of Grays Harbor, about a two mile journey.

Clarissa or the End of the World – New Fiction

Clarissa came by this afternoon. She wasn't wearing much – daisy dukes with black sheer stockings and a half shirt – and I tried to keep my eyes in my head. We hadn't

A brief excursion to Westport

Last Friday I took a brief, afternoon excursion to Westport, Wash. The brief part of the excursion was my time actually in Westport. It's an hourlong bus ride from

A Secluded Spot ... and Wildlife

In my hometown, Hoquiam, Wash., there is a wild stretch of riverbank along the last gentle bend of the Hoquiam River before it empties into Grays Harbor bay. It's

A foray into Lake Sylvia State Park

With a car, Lake Sylvia State Park in Montesano, Wash., is basically the backyard of my apartment in Hoquiam, Wash.: it would take about a half hour to drive from

A Bird's-Eye View

Monday was a grey day in Hoquiam, Wash. It was dry though, so in the afternoon a took a photographic ramble around the Hoquiam River Loop, a roughly milelong sidewalk

The Rowdy

On Monday this week I was in the right place at the right time to catch the Hoquiam, Wash., tugboats passing directly beneath me as I stood on Simpson Avenue Bridge.

Within a Globe of Fog – New Poetry

the barnyard and the red wheelbarrow – Grandma inside coveralls. backend first, black cows heave up swallowing cud the slick hay in our green manger – the hay rustles

Discovering a wild spot

A couple weeks ago I stumbled across a wild spot on the Hoquiam River in my hometown of Hoquiam, Wash. It's a spot I had never seen before. I was rambling around

Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt: honest lie

Honest Lies “I like your music.” Of course it wasn't really about the music. It was her voice, the sweet tones that matched her face, her long lashes that fluttered,

A Gray Afternoon in Hoquiam

Last week I took a nice photowalk along the Grays Harbor bay in Hoquiam, Wash. It was an unseasonably warm afternoon, but overcast, as it typically is during the

Willis Enterprises at Work

Walking along the bay in Hoquiam, Wash., this week, on an unseasonably warm yet overcast afternoon and evening, I came across a barge being loaded at Terminal 3

Toenails of a Dog – Microfiction

Its stitched eyes wouldn't close. It had to watch. Once the guys had finished, they left her. She lay twisted, on one hip but facedown, her green dress with the

The Ideal Morning – A Silver Blogger Chronicle

Every morning is ideal in Hoquiam, Wash. (Except when it rains.) This morning started cold. The grass in the field outside my apartment building was stiff with frost,

Adventure in Dog Marsh

I went searching for clouds. I was working on a short Liketu post (Clouds on the Bay), which would be a selection of 10 cloud photos taken along the Grays Harbor

Clouds on the Bay

The clouds are often one of the most dramatic features on my photowalks along the bay of Grays Harbor in Hoquiam, Wash. Of course, I don't use all of the images

Secret Girls – Fiction for A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

So, it's a girl, Alec thought. That made it worse. The pink smoke billowed impressively out of the firework. Shelly and Jim had only the one, which was less impressive,

Shoot it! – 5-minute freewrite and good news about Katt

A Golden Oldie – A 2019 rainbow over the soccer field behind Immanuel Baptist Church in Hoquiam, Wash. My Rainbow Girl Katherine pinned her rainbow in her hair.

A Visit to Old Cannery Park

The Lions Club pavilion at Old Cannery Park in Hoquiam, Wash. The pavilion was constructed in 2021, the same year that what used to be just a pot-holed, gravel drive-off