Memory Walk

Each year since 1912, the graduating class at Western Washington University places a stone bearing the class year in "Memory Walk" with a time capsule buried below the stone.  Last month, the first capsule from 1912 was to be dug up and opened, but nothing could be found below the stone.  Several days later someone noticed the marker stone was lighter that it should be and found a tin box built into the stone marker. See the story in the Bellingham Herald HERE.

A Few Small Signs...

...are popping up here and there.

Skyviewing Sculpture

A student looks inward near a sculpture designed for looking upward.

Spring is in the details...

...such as these dewdrops adorning ornamental kale on the campus at Western Washington University.

Another Perspective

When Eli posted his Skywatch Friday shot of the view of Bellingham bay shot from WWU's Viking Union, I thought I should share a shot from Zuanich Point Park on the bay looking up at WWU nestled on Sehome Hill.  The red brick buildings to the upper left are dorms and middle large building with large windows is Viking Union. 

Skywatch Friday: Western View

This is a shot Lizzi snapped of Bellingham Bay from the Viking Union at Western Washington University. I spent many hours between classes admiring this view from the VU while I studied (or napped). 

Skywatch Friday: Gulls Just Wanna Have Sun

Q: How does one tell when LizziViggi is doing a guest post?

A: When the title is a very, very bad pun.

Happy Skywatch Friday, everyone!

Schrodinger's Rack

If there are no bicycles in the rack, is it a bicycle rack or just part of Western Washington University's extensive sculpture collection?

Tree of Nawlege?

When tagging a tree on a college campus, you may want to check the spelling before you whip out your knife!

Rain

A few damp students cross Red Square on their way to morning classes at Western Washington University.

Wilson Library

Western Washington University's Wilson Library where I spent many long afternoons hunched a textbook trying to absorb the material.  And by "absorbing" I mean napping!

Leaves of Grass

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars.
--Walt Whitman

The fountain of knowledge is flowing...

...and classes have begun at Western Washington University.

Viking Night

The bidding got a little crazy on Viking Night at Western Washington University on Thursday, September 16. Viking Night is an annual event at Carver Gym to raise money for WWU athletics programs. There was a silent auction, live auction, wine tasting, dinner, and all around great time for the hundreds of Western boosters in attendance. 

Weekend Reflections: Stadium Piece

Windows from Academic Instructional West at Western Washington University reflect "Stadium Piece," a sculpture by Bruce Nauman.

Expect to see more WWU campus photos this year. I'm a student once more! You know, parenting, writing a novel, training for a half marathon, and daily photo blogging wasn't keeping me busy enough.

We're off yet again-- this time to backpack the Washington coast for a few days. (Sans kids-- wheeee!) I hope your weekend is as lovely as ours is going to be!

Aperture

This view to green is through the portals in Nancy Holt's sculpture, the very literally named "Stone Enclosure: Rock Rings" on the Western Washington University campus. The sculpture itself recalls something along the lines of Stonehenge or other monuments-as-celestial-maps. I may have to visit again on one of the Solstices to see if I can spot a Druid.

We are out of town until July 15, roughing it backwoods-style near Tonasket, Washington. If you already know where Tonasket is without cheating and googling it, you should win some sort of prize, since it's pretty much in the middle of nowhere. We will return with mosquito bites, sticky kids, lots of empty beer bottles, and hopefully some groovy memories and photos to share.

College Still-Life

The Skateboarder

he waits for a break in the crowd

then skates, jumps, slides, lands

raspy rattle, grunt, whoosh, crash

he falls

and

he does it again

Climbing "For Handel"

April's Theme Day is "Red."

One of the Bellingham childhood rites of passage is climbing this enormous red metal sculpture on the Western Washington University campus. Called "For Handel" by Mark Di Suvero, it looks more like a piece of playground equipment than a piece of art to the ten-and-under set. To see our previous post on it, click here.

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The Road

The high road is a lonely one
But his steps still echo
long after he's gone.