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The albatross and the whales, they are my brothers
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    A River Otter Runs Through It

    April 21 to 25, 2022 Mango and I headed out to River Song early Thursday morning for a long weekend. I didn’t have any plans; I just needed a break from the city. And, I hadn’t been out since a big windstorm went through a few weeks previously. Everything was…

    cassandra April 28, 2022
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    I haz Internets!

    April 29, 2021 Now that the mice are gone, I started spending weekends at my cabin again. One day, it occurred to me…if I had Internet at my cabin, I could just as easily work from there as I could back in the city. My ex had given me a…

    cassandra April 20, 2022
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    Catching Up

    April 2022 It’s been a while since I’ve posted, and a lot has happened in my life. Losing Pepper Dog Kitty at the end of 2020 was really hard on me, and that winter was really hard on my cabin. Mice moved in at the beginning of January. I spent…

    cassandra April 19, 2022
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    Shed Walls & Roof

    November 7 to 11, 2020 I focused on the shed during the first half of November. Now that we’re back on Pacific Standard Time and we have a lot less daylight, I usually head out Saturday morning, returning Sunday afternoon. This doesn’t really leave a whole lot of time to…

    cassandra December 12, 2020
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    Cavorting River Creatures

    October 31 & November 1, 2020 This was the weekend for real progress on my new shed. I was determined to lay the plywood scrap flooring, frame the walls, and use as many remaining pieces of plywood scraps as possible to side the walls. No more messing around. I would…

    cassandra December 10, 2020
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My little raft floats with the current below my cabin.
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Lazy Days on the River

cassandra September 17, 2020

August 14 to 16, 2020 I was on the road as soon as the clock hit five. I had sixteen pieces of freshly painted trim in the back of Big Red. But other than that, no big plans. This weekend was supposed to be a real scorcher–the hottest of the…

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Frog swims in the river below my cabin
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Fish, Frogs, & Growing Up

cassandra August 12, 2020

August 7 to 9, 2020 I spent the week cutting and painting trim and siding so that when the weekend came, all I’d have to do is hang it, and then I’d be done. Quick and easy, right? By the time 5:00 Friday rolled around, I felt pretty beat up.…

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The cabin hides nicely in the trees
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Night Mission

cassandra August 4, 2020

July 31 to August 2, 2020 My plans for the weekend were simple–finish painting. Nothing more. Oh, and maybe re-level the cabin. But that was it. I’d already picked up two gallons of tinted Kilz Original oil-based primer, which should be more than enough for one last coat, plus three…

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Sunning on the beach
Building A Cabin

Bathing with Crawdads

cassandra July 29, 2020

July 24 to 26, 2020 This was the weekend to prime the second floor. I was nervous about it. I don’t like heights. At all. It took four months before I even felt comfortable standing on the third rung of my six-foot ladder. And the top of the second floor…

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View from the cabin
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Sweatpants Gray

cassandra July 21, 2020

July 17 to 19, 2020 The weather had been amazingly beautiful all week. And, as luck would have it, the weather forecast called for another two weeks, both in Olympia and in the Olympic Rain Forest. Hooray! Time for good weather projects! After a lot of research and thought, I…

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Vine maples and red alders at River Song
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A Gathering Place

cassandra July 21, 2020

Friday, June 12, 2020 This was a short weekend at River Song as I had to head back to the city Saturday evening. Earlier in the week, I started putting my belongings into storage in preparation for moving to my new place at the end of the month. Rather than…

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The light is fading fast, and we have yet to launch.
Kayaking

Kayak Camping on Lake Roosevelt

cassandra June 24, 2020

Friday, June 19 My friend and I have been talking about kayak camping for more than a year. But something always came up. A few weeks ago, however, we decided to go for it. We would spend four days, three nights kayaking and camping on Lake Roosevelt in eastern Washington.…

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Dogwood growing along the river
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Crossing the Creek

cassandra June 12, 2020

Friday, June 5 to Sunday, June 7, 2020 Since finishing Phase I of my cabin, it’s become more of an escape than a weekend to-do list. And this weekend was no different. By 5:05, I was on I-5, heading out of the city. I didn’t have much planned, other than…

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Looking downriver, from the far bank
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A Giant Slab of Rock

cassandra June 10, 2020

May 29 to 31, 2020 At 5:00 sharp, I was out the door, headed for my truck. Big Red was already loaded up for the weekend, and the cat had plenty of food and water. Time to head out of town! I pulled into River Song at about 6:30 p.m.…

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The Follies at Burning Man 2019.
Burning Man

Burning Man Gear List

cassandra May 29, 2020

August 2019 After 11 trips to Burning Man, I have my camping system down. Other than a few tweaks each year, I take the same gear. I have found it’s a lot easier and less stressful when I use gear dedicated to the event, even when it means having duplicate…

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Some of My Favorite Photos

Blue skies!
Transmutation, Burning Man 2019
A creek running through Mima Falls State Park
North Head Lighthouse
View of Mount Rainier from White Pass
Looking down from North Head Lighthouse
Water tower at North Head Lighthouse
A bridge on Mima Falls East Trail
Dinosaur crashing through the wall at the Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs
Me, holding a magnificent hunting eagle
The fallen cedar at River Song
Snow, snow, and lots of snow! White Road trail.
The North Jetty, Waikiki Beach, and the Pacific Ocean crashing into the cliffs at Cape Disappointment State Park
Looking north from Bell's View Trail viewpoint, North Head Lighthouse
The sun is getting ready to set on my hike
Beautiful snow-covered trees
Creepy stump
Mount Rainier
Looking north toward Long Beach
The boardwalk at Nisqually Wildlife Refuge
Salamander at Woodland Trail
A grassy log in Lake St. Clair
Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue, gleaming in the morning sun
Waves crashing into the cliffs at North Head Lighthouse
Railroad bridge over Pattison Lake
A log that washed ashore, Surfside Beach
Sunset from the North Jetty
Protoceratops skull
Tarbosaurus Baatar
White-capped waves contrast starkly against the deep blue Pacific Ocean off North Head Lighthouse

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