Michief...

...is afoot.

Spring is in the details...

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

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!

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. 

Stepping Into Four

Four years ago today, I looked at this sweet face for the first time.
Life has only gotten better since.

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

Dwight Clark

It may be national news at this point for all I know, but our happy little city has been turned upside down in the search for this sweet-faced 18-year-old kid who's been missing for a week and a half now. Every street corner in town is papered with posters, and I just keep thinking of his poor mother, and how this is every parent's worst nightmare. A little over two weeks ago, he went off to college, and now he's just... gone. My heart goes out to his friends and family.

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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Western Shadows

Delicate branches shade a brick wall at Western Washington University.

For Handel

For Handel

1975

sculpture by Mark di Suvero

The campus at Western Washington University, where I spent the better part of a decade, is home to an extensive collection of sculpture. Standing before the entrance to the Performing Arts Center, For Handel is perhaps the most recognizable installation on campus.

Click Here for more on For Handel and other sculpture at WWU

Goldenlit Grasses

Goldenlit grasses

warm in the afternoon.

The quick winter sun passes

and much too soon

they'll be silverlit grasses

in the light of the moon.

Skyviewing Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi

The crows are too far away

to hear their conversation.

Are they discussing the blue sky

or where to find lunch?

I think they're an old couple

who need no words to communicate.

They sit

the sun soaks their black feathers

and they say nothing

and everything

loving each other.