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she tore my heart open with a pickaxe

2012-02-16T16:46:00.000-08:00

She split my head open with a pick axe
And I asked for it
I begged for every minute of it
And I loved it
I loved every minute of it
And she tore my heart out of my chest
And I asked for it
I begged for every bit of it
And I loved it
I loved every minute of it

My eyes are open and bleeding
My mouth is full of dirt
For you I would kill anything
For you I would drown in blood

It's a beautiful day
Such a lovely morning of flowers and singing children
That I would fall into a sea of despair
An ocean of putrid stinky vile disgusting hell
If you would touch me once
If you would kiss me once
If you would kill me once and once again
And once and once again at once

King Missle Pickaxe Lyrics

Happy Birthday To Me

2012-02-03T00:58:00.001-08:00

From the universeHappy Birrrrthday to Youuuu, Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu, Happy Birrrrthday Dear sage, Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu! A few years back, not so long ago, heaven and earth erupted into a major celebration with the news of your impending adventure into this very time and space. You see, someone like sage saskill doesn't come along all that often. In fact, there's never been a single one like you, nor is there ever ANY possibility that another will come again. You're an Angel among us. Someone, whose eyes see what no others will EVER see, whose ears hear what no others will EVER hear, and whose perspective and feelings will NEVER, ever be duplicated. Without YOU, the Universe, and ALL THAT IS, would be sadly less than it is. Quite simply: You're the kind of person, sage,Who's hard to forget,A one-in-a-millionTo the people you've met.Your friends are as variedAs the places you go,And they all want to tell youIn case you don't know:That you make a big differenceIn the lives that you touch,By taking so littleAnd giving so much!sage, you are so AWESOME! For your birthday, friends and angels from every corner of the Universe, including buddies you didn't know you had, will be with you to wish you the HAPPIEST of days and an exciting new year in time and space. You won't be alone! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, sage! Mike DooleyOrlando, Florida, USA PS - sage, this is going to be YOUR year!! © TUT ®

TheRANT2011

2012-01-27T23:40:00.000-08:00

IS OUT and in about 40-50 mailboxes worldwide [well, okay, country wide and one to south korea]I don’t have much in addition to contribute in words this time,But I have put together a collection of photos to share from A few favorite events of the year gone byA very small sample from over 15 thousand photos I have taken on my iphone since February of 2011. [yeah, that’s 15,000]. iphone. Cool ass gadget. Yeah. These pix are in my dropbox and those who have received theRANTWill have access via scanning the qr code or via my emailOr you can click here:
http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/1032715/1/Rant2011OnlineStuff?h=fae389and share in the fun. Email me directly if you need some sort of code or invitation to view this dropbox stuff

SEUSS=RANDOMNESS
Cosmo loves to hear the story of the lorax. Man, that dr. suess was one fabulous cat and the lorax is a sobering tome every time. Also, if you happen to say “my feet are cold” in cosmo’s vicinity, he’s likely to fill in the rest with part of one fish two fish red fish blue. The first time that happened I had to scratch my head an ponder why he said “my teeth are gold” in response.
“My hat is old, my teeth are gold.I have a bird I like to hold.My shoe is off, my foot is cold. My shoe is off, my foot is cold.I have a bird I like to hold.My hat is old, my teeth are gold.And now my story is all told.”kid’s got a great memory and stellar sense of humor. If you want the rest of the story check out this random blog entry I found:http://worleygig.blogspot.com/2008/02/one-fish-two-fish-red-fish-blue-fish.html

APPLE
I’m a fan. I put an excerpt from mike daisey’s play in the dropbox for you to enjoy. And a link here: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factoryI saw his performance and this is very much worth a listen. Skip car talk this weekend and run this show instead.

YES
One of my favorite moments of 2011 was as we were driving out of mt. rainier national park and – for good reason – I said “mountains come out of the sky and they stand there” [which out here in the northwest, they do just that] and ms. A piped in with “you sound like such a dad” [which indeed I am]

WAIT UP DADDY
Said my 2 ½ year old son the other day on a snowy day sledding expedition.

ORANGE BLUES
In from Dr. Jadehttp://www.youtube.com/embed/qCupwHa66Tg

LIFE, THE UNIVERSE & EVERYTHING
No not 42 this time… just another plug for ‘notes from the universe’. They really make my day. Go ahead, sign up: http://www.tut.com/theclub/ I was going to save and post a bunch of my favorites from 2011, but I’m just going to give you two entries:
“Whatever your problem or challenge may be, sage, laugh at it. Laugh long and hard. Because you are forever and it is temporary. Love you, The Universeps Ain't no pain or vice, sage, that you won't prevail over and be more for. And knowing this will hasten its retreat and blessings.”

“Dearest sage, I was about to wish that your every dream come true. That you find yourself surrounded by friends, laughter, and good times. I almost wished that your every cup runneth over financially, romantically, spiritually, and creatively. That good health be your faithful companion, peace your guarded ally, and love your perpetual guide. When suddenly, it dawned on me that as an infinite, powerful, fun-loving gladiator of the Universe, with eternity before you and the power of your thoughts to help shape it... it's you sage saskill, who will be granting wishes this year. 10... 9... 8... 7... 6... The Universe
ps Oh, sage, HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY NEW YEAR anyway!”

YEAH!
A little daily affirmation goes a long way.Peace Out for now my friends.

READ JUST

2012-01-18T17:42:00.001-08:00

Test post

2012-01-07T23:05:00.001-08:00

okay so i just re-learned how to send a photo from my phone to my blog. cool. this image is an instagram shot i took after being inspired at first thursday. zeitgeist had a show of 6-8 instagram artists including my new favorite artist - jenna. very good showcase of the possibilities of mobile digital photography as a valid art form. this will beget a photo of the week [for i dare not commit to a photo of the day... just yet]& the quote of the day is "put your helmet on and see what happens" -R

11:11:11

2011-11-11T10:56:00.000-08:00

Cosmo Cookie Caper

2011-08-05T22:34:00.000-07:00

sorry it's sideways folks

cookie time

2011-05-16T23:53:00.001-07:00

mac man - in the press

2011-04-27T16:11:00.000-07:00

of course i just happened to have my usual - black turtleneck - uniform on
http://www.geekwire.com/2011/glasses-black-turtlenecks-yep-steve-jobs-lookalike-contest

IN THE PRESS

2011-04-19T12:30:00.000-07:00

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/zoom/html/2014777348.html

Thursday, April 14, 2011 SEATTLE TIMES

Reclaiming the Duwamish River

A new riverside beach in the South Park neighborhood offers a mixture of sights and sounds, including prominent ones from the metal-recycling business next door

Galaxy Swings 1

2011-03-10T17:44:00.000-08:00

Cosmo Rocks 1

2011-03-08T23:04:00.000-08:00

Cosmo Rocks 2

2011-03-08T22:28:00.000-08:00

REVENGE OF THE SHOP VAC

2011-02-22T22:42:00.000-08:00

TheRANT

2011-01-25T11:04:00.000-08:00

is a thing that I have been doing for over 20 years now I think. I spend a lot of time from just before thanksgiving thru new years thinking up just what it is that I want to say this year? Remembering of course to keep it positive… and real… Splatting some of my thoughts from the year on a page or two & sending it off in the mail to 40 or so friends and family. Yes, people still like to get things other than bills in their mailbox and appreciate holding something in their hand to read & enjoy. I take credit for being one of the founders of the holiday letter. I prefer sending this over a family photo with a pithy greeting. It seems that the digitalRANT is inevitable. So this year I concede that in lieu of brevity, here are a few additional thoughts and images that did not make the cut. detritusRANT if you will. Words that I have either written or spoken (to my voice recorder) and herein transcribe & share. Photos that are but a small sample of the thousands I take in a year’s time. Enjoy. Know that I am grateful for your friendship. For those of you reading this & not on the top40 mailing list… I am grateful for you too.

TheRANTdetritus

2011-01-25T11:01:00.000-08:00

ideas from the cutting room floor
One knight’s writing 2010.11.28 and then some

OUR TINY HOUSE
… shrunk… did I mention this before? Okay somehow it worked fine for the three of us but with four it has become a bit of a pressure cooker. Four is exponential in 600sf. Suddenly it is really hard to keep any horizontal space open. So we are in conversation about what to do… ms.amanda’s garden is really well developed after being here for five years now. I have some great container-addition ideas but the lending market is not on our side at the moment. Most likely scenario is to buy a bigger place… We shall see… who knows, perhaps we’ll move to the country & paint our mailbox blue.

CURRENT READS
Manifesting Change – It couldn’t be easier.
The guy who coined “Thoughts become things/ choose the good ones”… and sends email “notes from the universe”…
ms.A went with me to see mike dooley talk and you can see that in herRANT

The Four-Hour Work Week
Well, I have only gotten about a quarter thru this book but the key lesson so far is “allow no distractions” - guess i should get back to work, eh?

Deep Survival
Just like it says. A lifetime querry into the mind, body & emotions of extreme outdoor sportsmen & how it applies to the rest of us. Really good read.

Manhood for Amateurs
Written by another bacon eating jew. Many lines made me laugh out loud – even to myself. And a favorite is a comment that all of us are just a disruption in each other’s distortion field…

JUDIASM
Okay speaking of judiasm, it’s not working for me. I have been dabbling in it for many years and this year went to the high holy days solo. One day to an orthodox temple. 95% was in hebrew (which I don’t speak) and I really got nothing out of the service (even the parts that were in english) except that the building itself was beautiful. And one day I went to services at ‘our’ temple and had the realization that this form of reverence does not provide fulfillment for my wavelength. King of men. Pah.

BUDDHISM?
May well be my calling. Okay, time to check it out. I recall a class I took @ k-state called varieties of consciousness. The prof was a practicing buddhist and on the day of that topic, he came in with a shiny shaved head (where there was a full head of hair the day before) and bowed until his forehead was touching the ground. I remember feeling the sincerity of his reverence that day, decades ago. Not surprisingly my sister jade and my ever so cool mom are also into buddhism so I’ll be readin’ me some books… but as a slow reader, perhaps I’ll find them on ‘tape’. One of the intents is to find something that works for the whole family and helps us to show our appreciation for the seasons of the earth

NEW MOON ASTROLOGY
Okay, I’ve been dabbling in this for a few years now thanx to my friend pam. Short description of this theory: there are some days that are more powerful for wishing (and manifesting positive results) than others and each new moon has it’s associated power categories based on the star sign that it is in. it’s a good practice for an agnostic jew, and I have experienced some swift & positive results.

ON THE BIZ FRONT

2011-01-25T10:51:00.000-08:00

Highlights from 2010 S.A.G.E. Designs NW
-german prefab project is in for permit! And will be built in 2011!
-orcas estate project construction drawings are close to completion
-farmworker housing project* gets awards as best rural affordable housing project in the country! From affordable housing finance maganzine. http://www.housingfinance.com/
(chk the archives-july/august2010)
*sage was project architect on this 50-unit housing project for environmental works community design center in 2008.
-cool little steel & glass light shelf/awning project to spiff up the back of a seattle salt-box house
-I had the opportunity to give my first presentation at a conference this year – housing Washington – and it went quite well I must say. it was on ‘low hanging fruit’/ aka green building strategies. I feel that I’m close to getting an affordable housing project of my own in the next several months!

There are still many friends & colleagues out of work, perhaps as many as 30-50% of architects nationally… which means there is a lot of talent in the pool

Plenty more stuff about S.A.G.E. Designs NW @ http://sageomatic.posterous.com/

ms.A

2011-01-25T10:46:00.001-08:00

GRATITUDE

2011-01-25T10:44:00.000-08:00

Okay There are a lot of things I have Gratitude for in my life. The short list: amanda galaxy cosmo lucas our little house my architecture practice john morefield my blood family seattle the earth sun moon stars sky rain wind clouds & birds that fly-iiii friends family tribe kid sitters [so ms.a and me can have date nights]. Thank You Thank You Thank YOU.

FRIENDS
Okay Jbo is back! One phone call almost one year later… and it aint nothin’ but water under the bridge. Thanks for reaching out & reconnecting my friend. Friends of 20 years can ride out some heavy shit.

Okay we had some visitors this past year. Blossom, eryn, laurie, mocean, marni [hope I didn’t leave anyone out]. Thanks for coming and sharing your love. When we grow some more space, we’d love more visits & more visitors & also some communal meals on a regular basis @ our place

MARRIAGE & FAMILY
Okay we had a tough time in 2010. Truth.
Amanda and me are working hard on keeping our love and marriage together. We ended the year on a positive note by spending the holidays in Chico California together with her family. She and Cosmo flew and Galaxy and me took the train [what a gas]. We had a relaxing family vacation in cali and grew our love a little stronger. We took one day-trek to see calatrava’s bridge in Redding with grannyL. Totally worth the trip! Amazing graceful structure. A few images @ http://sageomatic.posterous.com/

Okay I took ms.A to the naughty nutcracker (burlesque) at the triple door. A fabulous show & a bit of a stretch to call it the nutcracker… and she took me (& the kids) to the nice nutcracker. Both were excellent. Ms.A says it’s family derby time this year. We shall see. Me thinks it’s loud, and adult. Update: went to Bout1 w/ ms.A & we had a ball.

Fred got married. Lucky ZalDog. Lucky Juniper.

THE KIDZ

2011-01-25T10:42:00.000-08:00

MY TWO LITTLE FINGER PULLERS

2011-01-25T10:27:00.000-08:00

THE KIDS
Still, the best thing I’ve ever done.

GALAXY princess cutie pie
Wow! What a wonderful girl. So kind and smart and loving, especially to the little guy. She started kindergarden this year/ Spanish emersion/ and seems to be doing quite well and making new friends. She reminds me of my sister jade – who knew everyone in her 2000-kid high school. When G walks across the playground, everyone says “hi galaxy”. Really makes me smile. We went to the country fair this year without her momma or the little guy & had a great time. She did just fine down there. & we had our palz mylinda/ aka auntie lala & her teen son beckett with us. both were a true blessing.

G is an amazing little being. I often tear-up when people tell me how wonderful [and adorable] she is. We’re often simply shocked at how beautiful she is & it occurred to me just the other day that she is as beautiful as Barbara Streisand. Her art teacher just told me that she’s one of his favorites in the whole school. She is really a delightful person.

COSMO – the little guy
is the comedian of the family. Funny. Loving. Sweet & is a “go with the flow” guy. Joe Cool. Climbs anything. Cosmo is a blast. They are both brave in so many ways.
grannyB says I enjoyed making people laugh as a little guy too. Cosmo loves books & making piles of books & has a growing vocabulary.

& it’s handy to have two finger-pullers now!

MORE pix @ my dropbox

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/1032715/1/RantDigitalDetritus?h=20b4dd

1454 MILES - NO TICKETS - REALLY

2011-01-25T10:18:00.000-08:00

destination = wallowa lake

classic tent i've had for 30yrs

travelin' in style

berry picker delux

"please don't give me a ticket today sir" (try this line, it works)

indeed!

wai wai county park

ted = prolific potter

oregon sky

MY SOLO BIKE TREK

2011-01-25T10:16:00.000-08:00

was fabulous & also was a little tough on ms.A so hopefully we can figure out how to get a little more support on the home front for her on my next trek so I can re-charge and she can keep her balance. I headed for the wallowas in the fall. One of my favorite places on the planet. I Really like walla walla… but ms.A ain’t ready to move to the east side of the cascades just yet. Too white for one. But hey, there’s a winery outside of Yakima for sale…. Anyone want to buy it and form a coop?

A couple of ‘funny’ things about that trek: riding thru apple country and not buying more than a couple of apples to munch, and riding on that snazzy raspberry picker and eating narry a berry… and there was one berry in particular I really wanted to munch… but hey, I’ve still got all my fingers.

WHAT DOES THE BRICK WANT TO BE?

2011-01-25T10:09:00.000-08:00

OTHER SAGE STUFF

2011-01-25T00:17:00.000-08:00

Okay, I don’t have sleep apnea… or at least not enuf to require one of those p.i.a. air thingies that you have to wear at night. Hallelujah!

I’m still into first Thursday and in 2011 invite you to come by studioD for beer:30. That’s 4:30 beers on the 1^st Thursday of each month. I also continue to enjoy various networking events… but a little more sporadically these days. I still dig the derby, even though megmyday quit and the DLF came in last place in 2010. In fact SDNW just became a sponsor! @ the bruise level. Check it. ratcityrollergirls.com/sponsors/ Okay, Socket Wenches are my new favorites & they even sport orange uniforms.

MEN. Group.
Men’s group
There are a lot of things I don’t know and never learned about being a man in these times. Okay, on this planet. I joined a men’s group after an unsuccessful attempt to form one of my own. I began learning ‘the art of being a man’ in a formal group lead by a fine teacher. & I also learned that I don’t enjoy paying (cash. literally) to play… so I bring some new energy and recent knowledge in joining another (free) group of ‘junto’ brothers – men that have been meeting for six or seven years. “Checking in” with other men who have wives and complex lives has helped me to become a better man… which I continue to strive for and I give thanks for having this opportunity and these individuals in my life.

Men. I greatly appreciate the support and understanding they bring to my life.

SOME OF MY FAVORITE DAYS: 2010
teaching Galaxy to ride a bike. Picture me with 16#’s of Cosmo strapped to my chest jogging along washington boulevard as she reaches lift off. What a workout. Really felt like super dad that day… and she’s almost got it.

Another one was my pop day with Galaxy @ Disneyland. Ms.A was out of commission- literally – and we went about having a lovely random day doing just exactly what presented itself in our path. Low-key D. who’d a thunk it. our Disney trip was made possible by having a good tax man! Try it. & also by the generosity of grannyL & grampaJ.

And there was a series of work parties turning the greenhouse space @ G’s preschool into an art room. A lot of good dad-connection time & making a permanent improvement to the operation of kscp. & getting turned on to Vietnamese sandwiches. Cheap tasteeness. Thanks Joseph.

And THE SAULK. I took a day trip – carving a time portal in the Disneyland adventure - to see the masterpiece by louis kahn. Something I have wanted to do since college. One word. Humbled. Here are a few of the almost five hundred photos I took that day.

My un-favorite day was when C/ simultaneous with learning how to walk/ locked my new Droid… to the tune of requiring a complete hard reset/ I tried for two weeks but found no solutions from, google, motorola, verizon or my favorite tech geeks. Ouch, that one stung.

Actually there were a lot of great days along the way.

I had a really superb birthday party. It was a sweet tribute to 50 trips around the sun. Lots of love & friends and kind words & I didn’t even get roasted! life is good. Thank you to all who helped out, brought food, entertained, or just showed up. I am striving to stay positive & ask for what I want. I do believe that thoughts become things and that I need to remember to choose the good ones. I choose love and light, abundance and wealth.

HOUSE OF CARDS “beware the nargles"
Let’s face it… we’re in a depression. Should I really say this out loud? Those “what do you think is going to happen” conversations continue to happen and my general response is that I’m not sure we’re not headed for a total collapse. “it” really seems like a house of cards to me… the whole mortgage finance game and struggle for the legal tender…. I use the double negative intentionally because I certainly hope for the positive… but from a lot of angles it seems like we’ve got to fall a lot farther before we get back to some sort of reality and sense of appropriate consumption… [he said from his laptop in a warm bed].

SPACESHIP EARTH
okay What a mindnumbingly amazing thing is this planet and all that transpires upon it.

PARTING QUOTE
“One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you’d be stricken blind”
Dorothea Lange [posted @ an art show in Proletariat Pizza]

pop day

2011-01-11T20:02:00.000-08:00

yesterday was a long and winding day as a solo pop. pop day is a thing i do on sundays & mondays these days. just a couple of questions: 1) is it okay to use the kitchen sponge for the toilet?, 2) how many pieces of chocolate - i mean really good chocolate - is reasonable to eat to battle the fatigue and rationalize the frustration of so many "no's"?

WALKABOUT brief report

2010-09-30T13:07:00.000-07:00

greetings from mad mary's of joseph oregon. just down the road from enterprise. this post is the dawning of my next phase of blog world.... i now understand why people have multiple blogs... biz, personal, etcetera. today is DAY 9 of my first extended solo bike trek in many many time units. i'm at 1000 miles and feeling the pull of home. i've traveled only back roads thus far. round the back of mt. rainier due east to the washington/idaho border & then south down the snake river canyon to wallowa lake - one of my favorite places on the planet. gotta ride!

2 years later

2008-12-14T14:59:00.000-08:00

... as you can see i'm not much of a blogger so far. a cool concept indeed, but a time soak that I have not made habit yet. for a clues on my current doings, please visit my recently launched web site at sagedesignsnw.biz

a wild unhair

2006-12-14T18:23:00.000-08:00

a funny thing happened at an I-5 truckstop just after labor day on my way back from p-town
just a little something i do every 26 years

THE BIKE [BEFORE I OWNED IT]

2006-11-28T18:18:00.000-08:00

THE BIKE WRECK

2006-11-03T17:06:00.000-08:00

dear friends and family
on the 14th of october i bought a new motorcycle vintage 2001
[i took the train to spokane and had a lovely ride on hwy 2 home to seattle
via leavenworth... w/stops along the way to see friends and straw bale homes]
on the 19th of october i crashed in the southbound 99 tunnel in seattle
both my body and the bike walked away pretty clean
i broke three ribs and my machine broke some plastic and a mirror
and there are definitely some scratches and dings
i am healing exponentially yet ask that you send some positive vibes my way.

i have wanted this particular model for over a decade
a kawasaki 1000 concours sport touring machine
[photos to post next week]
and felt that it was time to retire the police interceptor for a safer machine.
i get the message that it is time to go slower and be more present as
this is my third accident this year
[clarification, only this one involved the motorcycle]
... i get the message this time!
many friends have expressed "glad you're still with us sage" and
i really appreciate the sentiment and positive energy i have been receiving.
i never felt that 'this is it' moment... but it is fucking great to be alive

the accident: it was a 'first rain' sort of day...
i hit an oil slick doing about 35-40mph and smashed into a wall of the battery tunnel
in an outside curve. both bike and sage took a solid hit. the bike then went down
and spun around a couple of times. all cars and trucks stopped and they shut down the tunnel
a large trucker from the biggest truck ever and a scooter rider picked up the bike
and the scooter guy rode it out of the tunnel for me. bike still rides! [but not by me for a while]
an ambulance showed up within minutes and after hobbling out of the tunnel
to survey the damage to the new blue machine, i agreed to take a ride to the ER.
after getting inspected and injected and xrayed to the max... they could only find
three broken ribs [no other internal damage... except to my pride]
but they kept me overnight for observation. nice bed.
the next day as i was getting released they mentioned thats i may have a fracture
in my shoulder as well.
doctors treatment: good luck, get better.... they don't even wrap you any more and it looks like it's going to be about 8 weeks before i'm back in 90% action

sage treatment: 1) went to the ecoguild's retreat on the 20th. some thought i was nuts...
but the energy there caused exponential healing by the loving energy of the members and by some direct energy work from architect and spiritual guy tom bender and his wife lane as well as a massage from terri - thanks all!!! 2) spontaneously heard about an energy
healer named darren weissman and booked an appointment with him. really good stuff & partially based on the principals of dr. emotos work on the consciousness of water - you know, from what the bleep... the beautiful crystals if you speak with love
so i bought his book 'the power of infinite love and gratitude' and i'm looking at my life anew
i have been taking it slow and am just completing my second week off of work
which has been quite nice... but time is flying by - even doing nothing
next week i'll go back half time and if that goes well, i'll return full time the following week
no riding for a while
and picking up little galaxy is limited
both are a sad deal

well, i'll leave it at that for now
give a call or drop an email [though i'm ont online too much of late]

infinite love and gratitude,
sage
from the desk of the south park library

and big thanks to those of you who have already helped me & family along the way

Sage K. Saskill
Architect/EntrepreneurPhotographer/Wize Guy

FIRST STEPS - 23 SEPTEMBER 2006

2006-10-04T18:50:00.000-07:00

SHE WALKS

2006-10-04T18:40:00.000-07:00

2006-05-25T18:16:00.000-07:00

galaxy amanda sage
'GAS Werks'
May 2006

2005-12-23T18:18:00.000-08:00

Galaxy in October

2005-10-10T15:19:00.000-07:00

WHAT A FACE!

2005-10-10T15:17:00.000-07:00

POINT OF VIEW

2005-08-08T18:51:00.000-07:00

Chowder accomplices Her Jadeness & Lester

2005-08-08T18:50:00.000-07:00

7 July after the Clam Chowder. Galaxy was watchin' the pigeons

2005-08-08T18:48:00.000-07:00

7 August Saskills returning from Bainbridge Isl.

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23 July

2005-06-09T18:58:00.000-07:00

Polkadot Cutie

2005-06-09T18:44:00.000-07:00

Galaxy with her momma and her brother Charlie day 11

2005-06-09T18:42:00.000-07:00

The little sweetie with her poppy day 10

2005-06-01T17:44:00.000-07:00

HERESHEIS ~ our prescious little girl.
Galaxy Ruth Saskill
born 10:10p 21 May '05 Seattle
6#11oz 19"
Warm regards, Sage & Amanda

2004-11-17T15:59:00.000-08:00

still up in the air

2 november aftershock

2004-11-06T19:15:00.000-08:00

Lyin’ sack of shit war mongering corporate shmohead. President Bush.
A gravy sucking pig if ever there was one.
A nation of pinheads is what we have, or at least half a nation.
Grrrrrrr. I feel really mad, sad, disappointed…. Not truly surprised.
11:40am on 3 Nov. just listened to Kerry and Edwards’s concession speech
and obligatory attempts at signing out w/ a positive spin.
“God bless America” said Kerry.
We’re going to need it sez me! Okay, we need a ray of hope.
Spent a couple of hours last night among like-minded friends and
there was some hope early in the evening.
Went to bed w/o much hope. Woke up w/o much hope. Tuned in the radio.
Some say it’s time to start building bridges. To where? The moderate zone?
I feel like the whole just got deeper or is it that the ladder got steeper?
I spend my time/energy trying to stay positive and know that I have to strive to be happy and do good work in the world now more than ever.

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September 2004

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Camino island straw bale workshop

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Sage at THE BRIDGE

news to come

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soon there will be many photos posted of various events including
-emily's birthday party
-my chicago trip
-the camino island straw bale workshop
-and many more