News from the Forge

The stunning view from Rob and Patti's farmhouse on 100 acres among vineyards in the Lot River valley Gordon and I have often fantasized...

I can't resist some of the world's best coffee amidst some of the world's best people-watching A Sunday in Paris is one of life’...

Youth fishbowl discussion is focus of Youth-Adult Dialogue. Stones in center bowl represent memory & intentions for the future We recen...

Two steadfast coffee cups, morning companions for years, shattered recently How strange that each of us lost our favorite coffee mug in on...

Is 'liberty awakening'? Painting by Seth Primcky One question has haunted me in recent years: What does it mean to be a citizen, o...

At the annual Gridiron West Dinner in November, 2007 , the Washington News Council "toasted" Jill and Bill Ruckleshaus My dad hel...

Beach below Soundcliff on Vashon Island If life’s a beach, then Gordon and I are waves lapping on it, storms kicking against it, kids surfi...