Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Crossing the Sound

July 4, 2009

DSC_0027, originally uploaded by Gail Coulter.
The Sound was gray that morning. But it wasn’t the kind of gray that wrapped the world in a soft neutral cocoon. It was the gray that had shards of light and the promise of flashes of sun. And indeed the sun did come out. And then the San Juans [...]

LIghting the Way

July 4, 2009

DSC_0136, originally uploaded by Gail Coulter.
Thanks for checking back my friends. It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted. We’ve had several “events” this past couple of weeks, but we are all alive and well (still kicking). This is the Point Wilson Lighthouse outside of Port Townsend. I’ll post a few more pictures another time.

So We Might Be Free

May 25, 2009

WWII 004, originally uploaded by Gail Coulter.
My Uncle Glenn was at Pearl Harbor. He has attended several of the reunions in Hawaii and was invited to Washington D.C. to attend the ceremonies of the dedication of the World War II Memorial. He and Aunt Dorothy were too old for the trip by then. So, I [...]

Minnesota Nice

May 9, 2009

DSC_0110, originally uploaded by Gail Coulter.
I had a dean once from Minnesota. She did show a lot of teeth. But it would be a mistake to interpret that smile on her face for lack of steel within her soul. As in most cases, generalizations do usually have some element of truth and, most times, some [...]