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I admire everybody who is able to complete all 29 stops on the Seattle Independent Bookstore tour in the past week. I checked off ten of the total stops and am looking forward to visiting more of them (and returning to many). After last weekend’s long Sunday of ferries plus walking around downtown I decided I deserved a big gelato. What a great event to motivate exploring across the entire city and into the outskirts.

A big scoop of orange gelato atop a big scoop of chocolate gelato in a small speckled black and white paper cup.

Got out for another ferry trip this weekend! This time, rode with the family and the puppy over to Bremerton, north along the peninsula, and then back on the ferry from Kingston to Edmonds.

A selfie made with a Fuji compact camera in a car side view mirror

The view from the upper deck of a ferry. In the distance is a cargo ship loaded with colorful containers. In the foreground on the lower deck a person watches the ship. They are wearing a green sweatshirt with the Grateful Dead split skull logo on the back.

I got out yesterday for a ferry ride across the sound to Bainbridge Island. On the return trip this container ship crossed directly ahead of us. I was happy with the lineup of the person watching the boat below me, with the boat further off. (And their sweatshirt lets me call this photo Freightful Dead.)

My first trip of Indie Bookstore Day yielded a couple of books, a cookie and a cappuccino at Third Place. I’d say it’s a success! I’ll be trying to hit up all the indie shops in town over the next week to complete my passport book.

A cappuccino and a big chocolate chip cookie on an outdoor cafe table

The sign of a shop on a brick wall above the door. It reads ‘Third Place Books’ and announces Indie Bookstore Day.

This sea of people at Seattle’s Hands-Off rally yesterday was an energizing affirmation. Even after moving much closer to the front, I could still barely hear anything coming from the stage, but the energy and happiness of the crowd — to unify and to recognize in one another the hope we require — was just what I needed.

Monochrome photo in high contrast, of a sea of people attending a rally. In the foreground, a protest sign is visible, reading ‘we won’t be divided: defend trans rights’. In the background, rows and rows of people and protest signs lead all the way to the far side of a long grassy circle. Behind them are buildings, a steeply climbing hill of houses and tall antennae, and a clear spring.