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Welcome to my advocacy blog. My goal is to post relevant information that will spark action, discussion and interaction, creating a catalyst for solutions and ideas to impact the challenges we face in our society. We welcome comments, suggestions and submissions in support of those seeking a voice. "…Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear…"

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A Love Letter to Libraries, Long Overdue

The New York Times sent photographers to seven states to document the thrum and buzz in buildings once known for … More

Advocacy, Education, Elisabeth Egan, Erica Ackerberg, Friends, history, Libraries, NY Times, resources, Seattle, Washington Talking Book & Braille Library

Canadian Towns to visit on a Weekend away from Seattle

TAKING A LONG WEEKEND FROM SEATTLE to get “oot” and “aboot” in Canada is as easy as pie. But why stick to … More

Banff, Canadian destinations, Education, environment, Nature, Nelson, Parksville & Qualicum Beach, Seattle, Sunshine Coast, Tofino, Whistler

The Rise and Fall of World’s Fairs

Sixty years after Seattle’s Century 21 Exposition, world’s fairs have largely fallen out of fashion in the U.S. Grant Fong … More

Century 21 Exposition, Education, history, Research, Science, Seattle, Smithsonian Magazine, Space Needle, Worlds Fairs

Life on the Streets

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2022 – Amazon “I read this … More

Advocacy, Atreus, Education, empathy, environment, history, homelessness, M Barrett Miller, margins, poverty, Research, Seattle, support

Nobel Laureate Tutu brings laughs, advice

I was at Saint Mark’s when Archbishop Desmond Tutu visited his friend, the Very Rev. Robert Taylor. Reverend Taylor was … More

Advocacy, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Courage, empathy, history, Nelson Mandela, Reverend Robert Taylor, Saint Marks Cathedral, Seattle, South Africa, Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa

On Being Sick & Homeless.

Andrew tends to hold down the corner of 50th and Roosevelt, just a tad west of the University of Washington.After … More

Atreus, Atreus's View from a Tent, empathy, environment, health, housing, M Barrett Miller, Poland, poverty, Seattle, Sick and homeless, truth, Wojtyla

A Seattle Christmas Story

The following occurred before Covid and other circumstances moved me away from actively being involved with relocations of various Tent … More

Advocacy, Education, environment, Friends, healthcare, homelessness, poverty, Seattle, truth

The Big Climb – Seattle – 27 March 2022

I haven’t ever tried to climb, but I have volunteered to help set up the event. A firefighter I know, … More

Advocacy, Cancer, Columbia Tower, donations, Education, Firefighters, Friends, health, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Research, Science, Seattle, The Big Climb, volunteering

Seasonal Lights in Seattle!!

If you are in Seattle check out these amazing Seasonal lights.

adventure, Advocacy, BECU, Education, environment, mystery, Nature, romance, seasonal lights, Seattle, Wild Lanterns, Woodland Park zoo

New Gorilla in Town

1 Feb – SEATTLE—The baby boom continues at Woodland Park Zoo with the birth of a western lowland gorilla and it’s … More

endangered species, Gorilla, Martin Ramirez, Seattle, Woodland Park zoo

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