| 2018 |
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| Leonard Blaisdell |
A look at the life of my older brother (1930-2018) |
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| 2017 |
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| Alberta, Canada in September 2017 |
A fall trip to mid-western Canada by the Intrepid Trio. |
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| 1920-2016 |
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| Meriko Maida |
A memorial to this last link to Japan for descendents of the American Maida family |
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| 2015 |
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| A trip to Victoria BC |
A fall trip to western Canada by the Intrepid Trio. |
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| 2014/1980 |
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| A History of B & B Construction |
A brief description of the only two known projects by this little known construction company. |
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| 2013 |
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| Longview Christmas Lights, 2013 |
More nighttime colored lights, this time from Longview, WA.
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| My Life as a Government Contractor, 1998–2013 |
Fifteen years in the Washington DC area contracting with the federal government.
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| 2011 Oct |
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| Places in New England, Oct 2011 |
Michael's 2011 vacation included Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire
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| 2011 Aug |
| Earthquake in Arlington |
We'll forget this excitement on 23 August 2011 soon enough, but for a reminder...
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| 2011 |
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| Hunt Tour 2011, Middleburg, Virginia |
Come watch the rich people ride horses! Or whatever. |
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| 2010 Dec |
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| Colonial Williamsburg on fire |
Christmas is an important time of year for the financial health of the organization. Take a look at what you see then.
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| 2010 Dec |
| A visit to southern Maine for a pre-Christmas event |
Less than a week, but all sorts of things going on. Take a look.
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| 2010 Oct |
| A visit to the Chanticleer garden in Pennsylvania |
Although I know 'Chanticleer' (one of my favorite singing groups), I didn't know that there is a garden
in Pennsylvania by that name. Come along and see it.
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| 2010 May |
| Touring the Dupont Nemours mansion |
I joined a small group of intrepid travelers, and visited the Delaware home of one the members of
the famous Dupont family, which came to the US in 1799 and quickly made its mark.
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| 2010 Jan |
| A Snowy Colonial Williamsburg (Jan 2010) |
A rare event—snow in Williamsburg, VA, and I was there!
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| 2009 Sep |
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| More Canada (Fall 2009) |
The intrepid trio takes a tantalizing trip to oTtawa and MonTreal.
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| 2009 |
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| A Visit to Mt Vernon, Home of George Washington |
Coincidentally on his birthday, I visited Mt Vernon with a couple friends. |
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| 2008 Sep |
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| A trip to Nova Scotia and points south |
Canada, Maine, and Massachusetts—how much better can it be!
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| 2008 Jun |
| In memory of my sister, Shirley Garcia |
Some details of her life, with pictures, as well as an audio interview.
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| 2007 Oct |
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| Maryland Renaissance Fair Oct 2007 |
This was a fun costume-optional event that draws thousands of willing
participants each year. Not dissimilar to Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival.
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| Visit to Huntsville, Alabama Oct 2007 |
I only photographed the NASA Space Museum (being in class the rest of the time),
but that is cute enough to stand for Huntsville. For the moment, anyway.
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| 2007 Sep |
| Back Again to the West Coast, Sep-Oct 2007 |
From a wedding in Seattle through stays with family and friends along our West Coast.
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| 2007 Apr |
| A spring trip to Williamsburg |
This one was an April visit in 2007, scheduled later than my usual winter visit, in order to catch a performance by Ute Lemper in nearby Hampton.
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| 2006 Sep |
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| Visiting the American Northeast, September 2006 |
See the accompanying blog entry, for full details. Essentially, it was another week's vacation, this time to Massachusetts and Maine.
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| 2006 Apr |
| A trip to Hong Kong, 2006 |
I didn't rush to visit the Stites family in Hong Kong, because I've been there a few times already. But with their impending move to Brazil and promises that they live in great luxury, off I went. Here are a few shots and notes I made, as I enjoyed myself on what was, after all, my 2006 vacation.
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| 2005 Sep |
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| A visit to Chincoteague, Sept 2005 |
Ed Lohoski drove us to the Maryland Eastern Shores area, specifically for a visit to Chincoteague National Park.
The area is known for its wild horses and a cute lighthouse. You get to see all, in this illustrated tour.
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| 2005 Jul |
| California Dreamin' |
A trip to my birthplace in the summer of 2005, this includes shots of a wedding, as well
as various places south of San Francisco, and especially in the area of Santa Cruz.
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| 2005 Mar |
| A hike in West Virginia |
Young Kerry Webster joined Lohoski and me on an excursion into West Virginia, specifically the area around
Harper's Ferry. Oh, but don't forget the Charles Town Race Track. I'd like to.
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| 2005 Feb/Aug |
| A couple trips to Maine |
Ed Lohoski bought his dream home up in Maine (in the middle of winter!) a while ago, and I've made a couple
trips up there. A very pretty place, as perhaps you can see from these pictures.
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| 2005 Feb |
| A winter trip to Williamsburg |
I've been several times to this restored town of the American Colonial period, and this trip was in the
company of the infamous threesome: Jean, Monique, and Gerard.
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| 2004 Oct |
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| Walking the Mt Vernon Trail |
Photographs taken during a walk from, approximately, Washington National Airport in Northern Virginia to
Mt Vernon, the home of George Washington, one fall (2004).
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| 2004 Oct |
| Australia |
My trip of Fall 2004 (their spring). Features itinerary by Linda Campbell Bird, as well as plenty of
contact with the Bird family. And birds, too—don't forget the birds. |
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| 2004 Aug |
| At the end of the Big Ride |
In 2004, Courtney Searls-Ridge rode her bicycle across the United State from Seattle (in the company of some other folks),
and this bit of exercise happened to end
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| 2004 Jul |
| Great Falls, on the Potomac |
One of Lohoski's hikes, this one took us to the upper reaches of the Potomac, a much more "energetic" part of
the great river that flows near my apartment. This national park straddles Virginia and Maryland, and is both
beautiful and dangerous.
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| 2004 June |
| The World War II Memorial in Washington, DC |
I walked over to the new memorial a month after it opened in May 2004.
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| 2004 Spring/Fall |
| Longwood Gardens, Spring and Fall |
This excursion was led by Monique and Gerard Lecroix, with the able assistance of Miss Jean. This huge remnant
of a Dupont estate is still private but very much open to the public. Worth a trip any time of year, these spring
shots might get most people's votes for best time of year. With pictures from a subsequent fall visit.
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| 2004 Apr |
| Cherry blossoms, Spring 2004 |
My current residence (Washington, DC) is well known for its cherry blossoms. I happen to like the cherry blossoms
in Seattle, too, but here are some pictures of the East Coast variety.
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| 2004 Apr |
| My family, and the history of oil in the United States |
How can there be any connection whatsoever? It's slight, but shows some fun discoveries Tom Clark and I made
in Pennsylvania one day.
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| 2003 Dec |
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| Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) awards |
At the end of 2003, a ceremony was held at NASA headquarters here in Washington, DC, and a couple hundred of
us who had worked in support positions for this investigation were honored with some awards. Here's a picture
or two and some names.
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| 2003 Jul |
| Fireworks on the National Mall, Washington DC, 4 July 2003 |
With my first digital camera in hand, I parked my butt on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial, and photographed that year's offering.
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| 2003 May |
| A month in Houston, May 2003 |
When the Columbia space shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry on 1 February 2003, NASA convened a project to determine the cause.
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| 2002 Oct |
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| Sightseeing in Tucson, Arizona Oct 2002 |
This web topic hasn't been on my web site since about 2003, but I like the pictures so here it is.
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| A tribute to David Knecthges, Tucson, Arizona Oct 2002 |
Some years ago, Asian Languages and Literature colleagues gathered in Tucson for a dinner to honor David Knechtges.
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| 2001 Sep |
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| A trip to Ireland, 2001 |
I went to Ireland very shortly after the events of 11 September 2001, a trip that had been planned
before the tragedy.
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| 2001 Sep |
| Pittsburgh Pirates Fireworks, 2001 |
See the splendor of colored fire in the sky, lighting up Pittsburgh and a decade to come.
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| 1909–2000 |
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| Mildred |
A collection of photographs having to do with Mildred Lidderdale Blaisdell Broschat, my mother (1909–2000). |
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| 1997 Nov |
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| Moving to the East Coast, 1997 |
I moved east from Seattle (with Melissa) in late fall, 1997. A few years ago, I came upon the
photographs I had taken during our trip along the southern crossing of the United States (Highway 10), and
displayed them in a way I had not before (but that I have copied since). As I worked on that presentation,
I realized that it would be best to include such segments of our travel journal as might be useful to make
sense of the photographs.
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| 1995 |
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| Dancing in Seattle |
Some pictures I took when I was involved with the world of partner dancing in Seattle, and especially of a
session at Living Traditions taught by Frankie Manning.
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| 1991 |
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| The Fall: Seattle 1991 |
A unique weather pattern generated fall colors to which the Northwest is not normally prone.
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| 1984–1990 |
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| My Time with the CIA |
Not a lot of time but part of my life.
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| 1989 June |
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| Witnesses to Tiananmen (4 June 1989) |
Four witnesses to the events of June 1989 have written first-hand accounts of what they saw. Read them here.
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| 1976–1978 |
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| Three Years on Taiwan, 1976–1979 |
Our participation in the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Study ("Stanford Center") led to a life-changing experience.
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| 1969–1973 |
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| An Airman's Life, 1969–1973 |
My enlistment in the Air Force during the Vietnam War was pretty typical of what non-career Air Force enlisted men experienced. Here is my story.
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| 1968–69 |
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| Two topics concerning UC Santa Cruz |
Photographs of Robert Heinlein, and illustrated Zen
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| 1968 |
| David's Kids |
Taken in 1968, these photographs and comments are intended as a tribute to a long-passed friend—David Molinari, but also
to American public education, in which he worked and that—sometime earlier— produced me. |
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| 1967 |
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| David Molinari and the New Directions Trio |
Taken in 1967, these photographs and comments are a minor documentary of a jazz trio that existed in Santa Cruz, California during the last half of the 1960s. |
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| 1965–67 |
| Tutorials in Letters and Science |
Beginning in fall 1965 and probably through the end of the decade, San Jose State College offered a kind of honors
program for qualifying students. The program was based upon the work of Alexander Meiklejohn. Details within.
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| 1964–1968 |
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| My life at the Saratoga News |
From summer 1964 through the summer of 1968, I worked at a local newspaper, both as photographer and as photolithographer. |
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