Tag: Pacific Northwest

• The Pink Flamingos of the Pacific Northwest

  I asked my daughter, Erin, about her opinion of pink flamingos. “They have their place,” she answered, without taking more than five seconds to think it over. That place was in a front yard, several blocks from her home in Orting, WA. My wife and I were walking back from a brief shopping trip to…

  patrickjegan

  February 11, 2015

  Blogging, Creativity, Everyday Events, Family, humor, Memories, Mountains and Memories, Nature, non-fiction, Real Personal History, satire, Travels, Uncategorized

  1957, appendix operation, Clint Eastwood, coconut tree, Don Featherstone, grandpa, Grandson, IMAX, Keith Richards, lawn ornaments, Liberty Science Center, Master’s golf, Miami, Miami Vice TV show, Myrtle Beach, New Jersey, Orting WA, Pacific Northwest, pineapple, pink flamingos, Pink Flamingos movie, Safeway, sixth grade science, Union Products, viglante

• Pacific Northwest Interlude: It’s Almost That Time Again

  I’ll be waiting when you’re ready to love me… I’ll put my hands up. —Adele from I’ll Be Waiting. I’m sitting at the kitchen table of my daughter Erin’s house.  I just made a Scrabble move against her.  She’s sitting at the breakfast counter making Scrabble moves against me.  It’s not that we don’t talk,…

  patrickjegan

  October 16, 2013

  Everyday Events, Travels

  Daughter, father, Grandson, journey, Pacific Northwest, Scrabble game, step-grandmother