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2015

Highway 95 Revisited

I drove to Lewiston last Sunday to say goodbye to a friend. Just two days later, she was gone. No + more

Word of the Day

postprandial (adjective) Occurring after a meal. Courtney’s steep decline in productivity as the afternoon wore on was initially thought to be + more

Amber Waves

When you think of Whitman County—if you think about it at all—chances are your mind conjures up images of rolling farmland + more

In Praise of Boredom

“The world into which I was born no longer exists, of course.” Thus begins a thoughtful essay by author Claire Messud in + more

From SFCC to HCKA

Since this blog is accompanying a news release about helveticka’s wonderful new hire, Morgan Lynch, it seems appropriate to stick to a + more

New Music

I’ve long eschewed the music of Philip Glass, in part because it’s always sounded so…pedestrian. He’s the classical-music composer you listen + more

Quote of the Day

The poet, novelist, and essayist Philip Larkin, in an album review for The Daily Telegraph in 1965: I’m afraid I poached Bob + more

Flush with Trivia

If you travel south along US 195 toward Colfax, you’ll eventually come upon the Horn School rest stop. Now I + more

In God’s Country

I’m not from around here, so I don’t have the advantage of multigenerational lake cabin ownership. And since CK pays + more

Mumm’s the Word

On a recent wine tour in Napa, Linda and I had an opportunity to not only taste some of Mumm + more

I’m sorry. You were saying…?

I spent much of the holiday weekend reading Neal Stephenson’s science fiction epic Seveneves. There’s a lot to love about the + more

Sasquatch Sighting in B.C.

A boat, a beer, a solid BBQ, and good people around me is how I like to spend the summer holidays, + more

Mr. Jones Retires

I’ve had the good fortune of working with a lot of great people over the course of my career. One + more

New Music

Somehow I missed last year’s Taming the Dragon by Brad Mehldau and Mark Giulana. Thankfully, my son came to the rescue. I’m just gonna + more

32 Years Ago…

Long before helveticka began working with Bouten Construction, I had a minor connection to them. My home town of Chewelah was + more

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