Wandering Washington


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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.

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4.   Nov 19, 1999 8:49 AM
I have given it thought, Naomi. I keep a journal, and if that's as far as it gets, I figure they will at least have that.

We have to age before we can appreciate our heritage and begin to want to ...


-- posted by jerrib


3.   Nov 15, 1999 10:43 PM
And if "building character' comes from picking hops, then I must deserve at least an "A" for that assignment in my youth! I do believe that it helped, Jerri. (-;

Most of my grandchildren will nev ...


-- posted by Naomi_Mathews


2.   Nov 15, 1999 9:05 PM
I smile as I finish reading your comments; my Dad picked hops as a boy. His family moved with the crops and made money however they could. So I have heard hops stories - and what a job it was to pic ...

-- posted by jerrib


1.   Nov 14, 1999 11:33 AM
Hi Jerri--

Your "traipsing" around Washington article brought back many a memory. Especially the part about those "itsy-bitsy" HOPS! Why do I say "itsy-bitsy" hops???

Well, because -- this br ...


-- posted by Naomi_Mathews





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