I don’t ride the ferry often and after living here for five years, I don’t think twice about it. Familiarity may breed contempt or at least a casual attitude. However David Weinberger’s kind comments regarding this blog and its ferry coverage helped me realize what I take for granted. I thought that perhaps I should […]
Entries from March 2005
Ferried away: a photo journey
March 8th, 2005 · 4 Comments
Tags: island
Renegade crew
March 8th, 2005 · 2 Comments
The other day as we came home from Seattle on the ferry, I spied the Bainbridge crew practicing in Eagle Harbor. Little did I know that they were breaking the law: an article in Saturday’s Review revealed that rowing club members, training at 8 or 9 knots, are still subject to wake restrictions limiting all […]
Tags: island
Patient safety: who is responsible?
March 6th, 2005 · 3 Comments
Seattle’s Virginia Mason Hospital made headlines last December when a patient died due to a simple medical error. A Seattle hospital’s recent decision to switch antiseptics from a brown solution to a colorless liquid appears to have played a key role in the death of an Everett woman. Mary McClinton, 69, a tireless worker for […]
Tags: health
U2’s Fall tour of North America to be announced Monday
March 5th, 2005 · No Comments
From U2 LOG.COM: U2.com members have received an e-mail to inform them of Monday’s official announcement of U2’s Fall tour of North America. So everyone who couldn’t get tickets for the spring dates…
Tags: culture
in the land of swedish fish
March 5th, 2005 · 4 Comments
In the land before time, in the Redmond before Microsoft, horses ran through fields along the side of the road. The girl would watch them from the van as her mother drove her baby brothers and her home through the boundary of Bellevue. Seeing the horsies in their pastures was the delight of her day. […]
Tags: journal
