Friday, December 2, 2011

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Sunrise this morning at Occupy Olympia
The Washington State Legislature is in a Special Session just blocks away

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Morning in the marina
Budd Inlet, Olympia, Washington

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Someone sure loves Olympia
Notice the Crumb-inspired "Keep on truckin'" mural

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Porter, Washington

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Monday, November 28, 2011

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Mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon/Washington border, as seen from Chinook, Washington

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Biblical scenes on what appears to be propane tanks
on the border between Long Beach and Seaview, Washington

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"The world's largest squirting clam," some killer whales, and one of the six frying pans out there claiming to be the largest of its kind in the world.

I think they should make a movie where this group experiences an incredible journey vision quest.

Long Beach, Washington

Sunday, November 27, 2011

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Marsh's Free Museum
Long Beach, Washington

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Long Beach, Washington

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Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure and honor to introduce a member of that classic rock group we know and love-- the Beach Buoys!

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Long Beach, Washington

WSU Comix Collection Finding Aid


This must be something posted just within the the last year. I stumbled across a list of comix I gathered, 1966-1997, for the Washington State University Comix Collection! Looks like you can see the bibliographic entry on their online catalog by clicking the highlighted LC classification call number.

In the past they have provided a list for the Lynn Hansen Comix Collection and the Paul Brians Comix Collection.

WSU also mentions: "Unprocessed collections (please contact us for access information): Further Steve Willis collections (MS 2009-15); Clark Dissmeyer collection (MS 2009-18); Joseph Shea collection (MS 2009-19, MS 2010-01); Jeff Zenich collection (MS 2009-20)."

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Entry to the "World's Longest Beach"
Long Beach, Washington

Christmas, ca. 1964


Thanksgiving is over, let the Seasons Greetings greetings begin!

I found this large tempera painting on butcher paper in my studio yesterday. I'm guessing this was created about 1964. Santa and an elf are trying to move a stubborn reindeer in the snow. It is no accident the reindeer looks a little bit like a Shetland pony, since at that time we had a herd of about 70 ponies (mostly Shetland, some New Forest) on the family farm.

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Clam & Fish Cleaning - Recycling


Saturday, November 26, 2011

$25 Sale - Little Snowjob


Little Snowjob, 1st edition, 1986, with a printrun of only 40 copies! Jam with Marc Myers, 1 folded sheet, blue letter size folded to 11 x 7 cm. Very rare.

$25 ppd
Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390

or order through PayPal
SOLD!

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"Clark's Tree," a bronze sculpture by Stanley Wanlass on display in the dunes at Long Beach, Washington. The tree has an inscription bearing a replica of a carved message from Clark (of Lewis and) in 1805 when he ventured this far north on the coast.

This sculpture is so lifelike I had to get pretty close before I figured out the thing was metal.

OlyGhostBusters


Just stumbled across the OlyGhostBusters website. The focus is on the "Lady in White," the ghost who is alleged to roam the campus of South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Washington. The site reprints my "Ghosts and Love" article from Olympia Power and Light March 24-April 6, 2010 and includes a brief interview which was via email, as I recall.

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Dunegrass at sunrise
Long Beach, Washington

Quote of the Day


"Got ... got to ... make it ..."

Tacoma, Washington State native Bruce Bennett (who lived to be 100 years old), talking to himself while crawling through the desert in Sahara (1943) in the role of Waco Hoyt.