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Wandering Washington

© Jerri Brooker

Wandering around the Internet researching Washington State is about one of my favorite things to do. What really catches my attention, though, is all the enticing places I travel (I was always too curious for my own good!) as I stray from my path to who knows where. Sometimes I'm WAAAAY out of Washington. I find my way back eventually.

I admit it. I love to wander. I love to read others' writing. I love to learn what others say. Sometimes I like it more than the task at hand, writing what I have to say!

Entice me. I'm easily amused. Tell me about a website I might like that relates to Washington.

Give me a new tidbit that opens up another thought process and I am on my way to wherever the road leads. My circuitous, educational route leads me astray down vast canyons and over snow-capped mountains. Sometimes I end up at a dead end; the journey is still enlightening.

I'm a willing rambler. It has its benefits.

Through it all I'm becoming a good source of Washington State trivia. Just ask my husband. He would rather watch television than play my trivia game when I spout my new knowledge on some far-out trivia. "Do you know what ...," I start? He humors me, begrudgingly.

I learned somewhere in school writing things down helps you retain knowledge. I write. I also like to talk about stuff. So I ask questions. Trivia questions about Washington State. My spouse would rather I did not do so, but that's no fun. Talking trivia is my way to learn, so I keep on. I'm incorrigible in my quest for knowledge, whatever it may be.

I used to write features for a weekly paper in Kitsap County. You'd be amazed what wonderful insights I got on folks there. I met some people who were friends of Norman Rockwell, the artist, when I visited their home to write about cooking and wood carving. They were avid bird watchers, and they taught me how to make paper beads while I was on the interview at their home. They also gave me some bird carvings. (I bet my photographer was pleased I took all this time! He humored me, too!). It didn't take that long, really.

I wrote my article for the paper, then I wrote a demonstration article on making paper beads for a college technical writing class later on. See what I mean about wandering, learning and using what you learn? Traipsing may just be a benefit on down the road.