The name change of this blog is in tribute to a online general interest monthly magazine several of us put out from 1998 – 2001, and over which I was the editor and chief.
The staff was as far flung as our readership. From Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, down through Seattle and then east across the Rockies and the Plains then south across the Mason Dixon to rural Mississippi, they worked as a family, in the best of the contexts of the term.
We all agreed that the best part of that experience was the interaction with our readers. Through them, we heard other voices, got windows on other worlds, and had the opportunity to see how differences joined could make a real difference.
The name change is, as well, in memory of Tim Russert, to whom all of us of the Fourth Estate, active or retired, owe a debt we can only repay by emulation. Tim would be the first to agree, I suspect, that we are a nation of many voices. And many ears. It's my hope to share a few of those we hear with you.
Rusty
Seattle Pictorial
Sunday Morning Skyline in October
Living in Seattle and also being a consumer of national international media, I’m aware of the bad rap our area has gotten about the weather, among other things. The stats pretty much tell a different story and those are available to anyone really interested and willing to spend five minutes on Google.
I’ve lived from San Diego to Surrey, British Columbia and it seems to me that what it comes right down to is what a person enjoys, can handle or learn to put up with. I like it here but then my family’s been in this region so long I’ve got webbed fingers and toes.
For those truly interested in the facts about Seattle, here’s a real quick and easy source. http://www.seattle.gov/html/weather.asp
For those who would like to see some pictures of Seattle taken by a local, read on. All these are copyrighted by me so if you'd like to use them, please email me.
Looking west from Capitol Hill, across Elliot Bay, to the Olympic Peninsula, in May
An apartment house on Capitol Hill in June
University (of Washington) District Street Fair in May
Kids With Roasted Corn on the Cob - U District Street Fair
Jogger on the Montlake Cut, looking east across Lake Washington to the Cascade Mountains
Dawn over the U District
Looking south toward Seattle across the Ship Canal and the Aurora Bridge at sunset
Until next time, then, folks. Take care, stay well and God Bless. And thanks for the ear.
Rusty
