Washington - SB Hopper

Print your work...

...but be more organized than I am. And don't listen to people who tell you what to do. You're not the boss of me! But for me, man, viewing photos online will never be better than holding a print or looking at a photo on a

Music

Bremerton is the Wild West

My friend's band, Filth is Eternal [https://filthiseternal.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-a-lie-filth-is-eternal], had a show at The Charleston in Bremerton a few weeks ago. I forgot about the show until the day of. Tick tock, tick tock. You're not going to make that ferry. That bummed

Blog

Humility

Practice what you preach. If today's Worldometers numbers [https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us] are correct, something weird just happened in Washington. I give up trying to make heads or tails of it. (Update at end.) Sorry, I didn't grab the column headers. +2,177

Lensatic Essays

The Cosmos Giveth...the Cosmos Taketh Away...

No buried ledes tonight. I got my first Pfizer vaxx today. I'm relieved and grateful. I understand vaccine hesitancy, and I think we could all use an added dose of empathy and humility when it comes to people's decisions about the vaccines one way or another.

shoulda been a tweet

Governor Inslee, please expand vaccinations to restaurant workers

I'm not an expert (on anything), but it sure seems like Washington state has done a lot more right than it has wrong in the pandemic. It's not perfect, though. Governor Inslee, please add restaurant workers to the list of people eligible for vaccinations. The restaurant

Photojournalism

Jolly Mountain Fire

It's easy to want to be a photojournalist. It's difficult to do. Looking back on my very limited and amateurish photojournalism efforts, well...I realized a while ago that I need to reassess my "wants". I'm not giving up on documentary photography,

On the Streets

The Guild

I have a lot of Seattle I should have regrets. It's a flaw, I admit. I too often fall on the thinking about doing something vs. the actually doing it side of things. One of those regrets is not having seen a movie at The Guild theater when

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Shoulda been a tweet: Good job WA

The COVID rollercoaster is inevitable, but we could all use some good news now and again. Washington, we're headed in the right direction. Let's wear those masks folks. With luck we can get that mysterious R number under 1. I'm fascinated by charts. I

2020

Seattle to Phoenix, Leg 1

I left Seattle today at about 1400. Much later than I planned. It’s always the way with me. Procrastination + obsessiveness makes for a lot of missed start times. I hesitate to use the word obsessive; I don’t want to discount or trivialize OCD. But if there’s a

Community

Roslyn Residents Show Support for Jolly Mountain Firefighters

[Note: This is an old photo essay. I held off on posting it because I first checked to see if there was any interest in the photos. The Yakima Herald [http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/norse-peak-jolly-mountain-fire-update-for-sept/article_d42c5fde-9b69-11e7-93d5-b70628d14f08.html] seems like a good source for updates on the Jolly

Black and White

PNW Communities: Working on Trust

On Tuesday 10 January 2017, the Muslim Association of Puget Sound [http://www.mapsredmond.org] (MAPS) in Redmond, Washington, hosted a well-attended discussion with local police chiefs. The discussion included several topics, including personal safety, hate crimes, and immigration policies. However, a common theme throughout was the importance of building