# FirstRaven

> Browse makings & learn about noteworthy activities


## Pages

- [Sacred Places](https://firstraven.com/sacred-places/): Today I spent much of the day at St. Marks Wildlife Refuge on the Gulf Coast of the Florida panhandle.
- [Hiking](https://firstraven.com/1027-2/): Hike #91, May 1st 2002 For our first hike of the season, we chose hike #91 from the Mountaineers "Olympic Mountains Trail Guide", 3rd edition.
- [Pudkhi](https://firstraven.com/pudkhi/): We buried Pudkhi today.
- [One Alaska Vacation](https://firstraven.com/one-alaska-vacation/): On one of our trips to Alaska, which were all coordinated with my brother, we enjoyed a special treat.
- [The Dodd-Wiggilys](https://firstraven.com/1002-2/): Mama Dodd-Wiggily's hyphenated name derived from her preference for short relationships.
- [SIP Houses](https://firstraven.com/sip-houses/): After a recuperation period following the sale of our well loved straw bale home, we built our two new houses on adjacent lots.
- [Perambulating](https://firstraven.com/perambulating/): I perambulate the town almost daily. I walk, I jog, I ride my bicycle.
- [About Building](https://firstraven.com/about-building/): Designing and building a home for yourself is both a privilege and a challenge.
- [Changes at RW](https://firstraven.com/changes-at-rw/): I feel quite proprietary looking over the RoseWind Commons.
- [Ramblings at RoseWind](https://firstraven.com/ramblings-at-rosewind/): One of the good things about being at RoseWind is the sense of space, and the open view of the sky.
- [RW Ramblings](https://firstraven.com/rw-ramblings/): My partner and I planned our move to build our own home in the RoseWind Cohousing community for several years.
- [Straw Bale House](https://firstraven.com/straw-bale-house/): Christopher Stafford of Polk St. Port Townsend designed and guided us in building a straw bale home.
- [Household](https://firstraven.com/household/): As of 2017, we have been partners for over thirty-seven years, and married (choke, gasp!) since 1996.
- [Coffee in the Hinterlands](https://firstraven.com/coffee-in-the-hinterlands/): Latte lovers all know that we are spoiled here in Seattle, with Starbucks for the basic reliable, and any number of fine local roasters and baristas for gourmet brews prepared with the personal touch.
- [Sin #1](https://firstraven.com/sin-1/): I got married at 7:30pm last Saturday at the Glam-o-rama in Fremont. This was, indeed still is, a source of shock and wonder to me.
- [Sin #2](https://firstraven.com/sin-2/): So what is sin? In the U.S. today, gluttony may be the only society wide sin, and one well practiced (I don't exclude myself here!).
- [Art Rambling #1](https://firstraven.com/art-rambling-1/): This is hard for me to to talk about, and hard to write about.
- [Ramblings And](https://firstraven.com/ramblings-and/): The craw killed the pussy'o.
- [Family Travels](https://firstraven.com/family-travels/): My parents traveled extensively before & after I was born, so "home" was always a moving target.
- [Sivell&SayersFamily](https://firstraven.com/sivellsayersfamily/): I have done a little work to trace my family, creating a family tree online, but I don't have the required persistence for genealogy.
- [A Few Photos of Houses](https://firstraven.com/building-houses/)
- [Contact Me](https://firstraven.com/contact/): Do have questions about my art work, about straw bale house building, or about my family history?
- [About](https://firstraven.com/about/): FirstRaven provides access to different areas and aspects of my life.
- [FirstRaven Home](https://firstraven.com/): This a doorway to whatever I publish online: my art, some other interesting activities, my family, and my history. Yes, it is mostly about me & mine.


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