1. There are fake bees. Nothing to be scared of, Janet Partlow blogs. They aren’t even the scarier of bugs. Just flies that want to be left alone. 2. Like the first rain calling coho back to the freshwater, they call Mojourner back to the blog. Or, something like that. 3. Rebels By Bus is…
Month: September 2014
Two big things from the Scottish independence vote for Cascadia to think about
I am pretty reluctant to get anywhere near the Cascadian Independence movement. I know they’re serious people, thinking hard about a really true independent country. I’m not one of them, but I appreciate Cascadia (obviously) and I appreciate they’re work, but only as a venue to sharpen our concept of Cascadia. Whatever political system we’re…
All a place (Olympia in my case) needs to be is No. 1 in your own heart
Olympia is Americ’a’s #3 Friendliest Small City! Olympia is America’s #55 Most Liveable City, and #3 in allllll of Washington! Ugh. Olympia is the town I love best, but seeing these lists being spread around always leaves me empty. The problem with these rankings, is that they’re subjective in the mix. Sure, they’re usually pretty…
Mars Hill, Cascadian religion and the Seahawks
This quote told me a lot about how the Seahawks phenomena (and sports fandom in Cascadia in general) is informed by how we approach faith. Or, how I know that being a Seahawks fan is nothing like being a person of church: “Pray that the watching non-Christian world would not be given the opportunity to…
Why is Joyce McDonald being hung out to dry in the WA10?
When WA10 was first rolled out to the public two and a half years ago, it was supposedly a competitive district. Dino Ross had done fairly well (47 to 53 percent against an incumbent Dem) in the precincts that would make up the new congressional district that now stretches from Fort Lewis through Thurston County…