up close & personal: the clothes & jewels of Downton Abbey

Here's an up close and personal look at the exquisite details that are featured in the costumes of Downton Abbey .   Costume designer Ca...

Golden Gardens

Two posts back, at Lake Quinault, I noted that beaches are easy to make.  But that doesn't mean that they are simple, that they are all ...

Kalaloch

Kalaloch, and the Olympic Coast in general, deserve a lot more attention than they're going to get here, and a lot more thought than I c...

Lake Quinault

One of the themes I've come back to in talks the last few years is the that beaches are pretty easy to create.  It doesn't take unus...

Beach and water hunting

I always refer to myself as a beach and water hunter,  meaning I prefer to metal detect on the beach and in the water.  I never just take my...