Culture Cruise ships: In Seattle or Italy, they are meant to be impressive The Costa Concordia after it hit a rock by Don Fels / January 18, 2012
Culture New Orleans is from Venus, Seattle is from.... And the party continues. by Don Fels / December 27, 2011
Culture Alden Mason's NW landscapes: a radiant and quirky beauty 'Billy,' 1986. Acrylic on canvas, 61 x 51 in. (154.9 x 129.5 cm), Gift of The Persis Corporation by Don Fels / June 30, 2011
Culture Tim and the snow blower: An encounter Upon retirement, an old college roommate retired to upstate Vermont. Snow, it seems, is something to be vacuumed up and blown away. If only it were so easy to get started. by Gardiner Davis / February 22, 2010
Culture Big, cold-hearted river The author and Cal, just after the rescue by Gardiner Davis / July 9, 2009
