streetlight’s reflection
ripples across the puddles
windchime’s gently tones
An evening haiku
Tag: Seattle
Daily haiku: February 9, 2025
a few hints of snow
guarded by the bitter cold
graced by the starlight
Today’s Haiku: Thursday, February 6, 2025
the morning snowfall
soon to be trampled by life
fading in the sun
The past few mornings have featured snow. Usually it’s melted by early afternoon. I’m grateful that it’s not become a giant ball of ice overnight.
Tonight’s Haiku: January 31, 2025
this winter rainfall
gently upon the rooftop
silence of the night
The First Airfield at Sand Point in Seattle
When I was a boy, we re-settled in Seattle as my dad was transitioning out of the Navy. Proximity to the commissary, Navy Exchange, and other amenities of the Sandpoint Naval Station were key elements to our choices of housing. This facility has long been a key part of my life.
Valarie, at Wedgwood in Seattle History, wrote a fun article about a piece of its history: The First Airfield at Sand Point in Seattle. As something of a scholar of regional history, I appreciate people who can expand my knowledge. And Valarie delivers in this regard! I won’t give away too much of her post, but here are two of my favorite tidbits:
- I never heard of the First World Flight, whose centennial is coming up.
- I appreciate the details of how the Airfield was established because of insights from WWI.
So, I recommend heading over and checking out this article. If you’re interested in Seattle’s history, you should subscribe to her blog.
A Seattle Native Born In Rhode Island?
What do I mean by this? Well, I have a unique background. My father was in the Navy when I was born, which is the root of this situation. I was born in Newport Naval Hospital. My father was stationed there, however briefly. Thus, “born in Rhode Island”.
Native Seattleite, though. Well, my parents were both born in Washington. My dad was born in Seattle. His mom was born in Seattle. All my grandparents were born in Washington…you get the drift. Fun tidbit: I was supposed to be born in Seattle, but I opted to crash my mom’s trip to visit my dad. I like to be early.
My first and second birthdays were celebrated at my grandparent’s place in Edmonds (my mom was finishing up grad school at UW). That same place was “home”, as in “we’re going home for Christmas”.
So, yeah, my early childhood was spent living all over the world. Besides “greater Seattle”, I lived in Rhode Island, California, Virginia/Greater Washington DC, San Miguel and Subic Bay, Philippines, before we moved to Lynnwood when I was not-quite 10. A little over-complicated, but a key factor in becoming who I am.
Yesterday was the Longest Night
Some random stats as I think about the apex of our night-life for my community just north of Seattle. Your mileage may vary.
- Sunrise was at 7:55am
- Sunset at 4:18 pm
- Therefore we had 8.38 hours of sunlight
- That’s 35% of the day with daylight
- And, therefore 65% of the day was night
- 15.62 hours of darkness!
Fortunately, slowly, slowly, the days will start lengthening. And another year begins.
Ferry At Golden Hour
descending sunlight embraces golden hour facing the sunset
Spring Sunlight
under spring sunlight
bees moving between petals
gentle ocean breeze
On Finishing, Next Steps, And Adding Value
I have one more quarter after this one. One! Currently, my post-school plan is to return to the workforce after I’m done. As much as I love web development, I feel that I can offer the most to a company within the realm of project management or systems analysis.
One of my “superpowers” is communication. I am excellent at connecting with people. As I’ve worked across a number of business functions, I understand the information they need, and how they think. With my developer skills, I think I would do an excellent job as the intermediary between IT and business units. I have been told that I communicate IT and other technology issues in a way that doesn’t make users “feel like idiots”. Plus, my career has a solid amount of project work (project coordination, documentation, etc). And I really enjoyed my project management and systems analysis and design coursework.
I intend to continue my studies, too. At this point, I’m looking at pursuing the Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Technology and Administrative Management degree at Central Washington University (ain’t that a mouthful) here in Lynnwood.
The past few years have been full of change and growth. I’m extremely grateful for the opportunities that have presented themselves. Now I look forward to using all that I’ve learned to add value wherever I may roam (queue up Mettalica) and make the world better.