I spent a wonderful few days in Washington state, making the rounds with friends at Molly Maguires, The Twilight Exit and at various coffeeshops and restaurants around the area. The highlight of the trip was a couple of days with the family at a rented cabin in Ocean Shores, WA — only a two minute walk from the beach. Simply amazing, and it got me a little homesick when I returned today. Some friends from Molly’s, as it happened, travelled to Ocean Shores to see a friend’s band play, and I hung out with them until about 4am, and had a late-night walk back to the cabin. No lights, no cars, no people on the way home; only a deer that came within 5 feet of me as I walked past a bush it was hiding near.
Mortie, Mortie: He's no shorty, Mortie.