DiverLaura is the character, Beneath the Looking Glass is the project. Please take a look at some of these offerings. Everything from “Don’t Feed the Tox-Ick Monster” www.tox-ick.org to what its like blundering a way as a freelance environmental videographer and science communicator. No group too small, I’m happy to fill out all the requisite paperwork and background checks to… Read more →
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Follow up on Marine Disease Emergency Act
“Somewhere between the time you arrive, and the time you go … may lie a reason you were alive, but you’ll never know.” —Jackson Browne (HT Tracy R. for reminding me of this great line) Part of what makes me so excited about the Marine Disease Emergency Act (whether or not it actually passes) is that I feel, in a… Read more →
Crossing our fingers – Marine Disease Emergency Act
I can’t tell you how excited I am to get this press release… Over the past year I’ve put a large part of my heart and soul into helping document this disease, and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy that our voices were heard, our efforts garnered the notice of… Read more →
MSNBC Seastar wasting syndrome
Ah drat, I really meant to get a teaser post written before the MSNBC seastar story went live but, that’s life I guess when you are a bit too busy playing dress up in Duwamish trash on the weekends. A month or so ago my dear friend (and the producer of our Emmy winning documentary on Sea Otters vs Climate… Read more →
Duwamish thriftshop
Neal Chism: Saturday I went out rowing on the river and it was an 8 out of 10 stinky day pulling trash out of the watershed. Sunday, Laura grabbed my dumpster key away from me and went diving in a different way. And Monday, I had no words for this image. Today I had to go out early this morning… Read more →
Working Backwards: Clearwater film and fog
Thanks to a connection made by Eric Becker, over the past year I’ve had the honor of working with some amazing filmmakers, Tracy Rector and Lou Karsen from Longhouse Media. They are making an beautiful film called “Clearwater: written in the hearts of our people”, a nonfiction film about the health of the Puget Sound and the unique relationship of the… Read more →
Review: Les Schwab Tire Center West Seattle
So I tried to go diving today with Jan, but was rudely interrupted by a very low tire. Because I am my dad’s primary, i do his shopping, etc… I can’t have an unreliable vehicle so Daddy trumped Diving (thank you Jan for your understanding) and I filled up the tire with my trusty scuba adaptor and headed up the hill.… Read more →
Hoka One One day 3
I am on to day three of my new running shoes: the Hoka One One Stinson Lite Observations so far: Knee doesn’t know its gone for a run, lower back/SI joint are responding favorably. Quads and glues are like WTF?! Apparently what I was doing at the gym is no where near the simplicity of ‘gone running’. This… Read more →
Save the Skykomish
By now somewhere along the way, somewhere in my social media stream over the past two years you may have noticed the word Skykomish. This post is about a beautiful bend in a wild powerful river, nestled beneath the watchful eye of Mt. Index, and a battle spanning decades to protect it. Before we get to the exciting stuff,… Read more →
New running shoes
Hoka One One Stinson Lite After looking at my sad, crushed awesome pink running shoes and realizing that i can’t remember when i got them (and too lazy to look up my FB feed to find out) I came to the conclusion it’s probably time for some new running shoes. Summer is coming to a close (I am not very motivated… Read more →