Donna Sandstrom
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Birthday
- September 10
- Bio
- Born in Brooklyn, raised in L.A., 12 years of Catholic school undone by 4 years at U.C. Santa Cruz - in the 70s! Moved to Seattle in 1982. Followed my love for the Mac to a career at Adobe Systems, where I was for 14 years. Now I'm the Executive Director of The Whale Trail (www.thewhaletrail.org), which I founded in 2008. To the new year!
MY RECENT POSTS
- Truth and Consequences
November 23, 2011 04:25PM - Hope on the Elwha
September 28, 2011 05:55PM - Bright Star, Dim Oscar
February 02, 2010 06:30PM - Remembering Lynn
January 02, 2010 02:59AM - Freaky Might Faint
December 30, 2009 05:12PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Oh dear god how I have
missed your writing. My last
trip to
the store was for
gin…”
January 19, 2012 07:09PM - “I loved this. Filled
with details that make it sing
and
insights woven so
deftly…”
December 04, 2011 11:43PM - “A wonderful remembrance,
David. Thank you -”
November 24, 2011 01:47PM - “RUFKM, I couldn't agree
with you more. I live in
Seattle, and
was taken in by
the…”
November 23, 2011 11:17PM - “Thanks, FLW. I hope it's
clear that I am not urging
anyone to
condemn the
protest…”
November 23, 2011 10:04PM
Donna Sandstrom's Links
Truth and Consequences
Yesterday, a story was posted here about a woman in Seattle who reportedly miscarried days after being pepper-sprayed and kicked by police. The story was an Editor's Pick and cross-referenced on the front page of Salon. Like a chant echoed by a crowd, the headline was borne aloft throu… Read full post »
Hope on the Elwha
Mouth of the Elwha
We spent the third weekend of September in Port Angeles, helping to celebrate the Elwha dams coming down. The 45-mile long Elwha River once produced all six species of Pacific salmonids, including record-setting Chinook salmon.
The return of the river to… Read full post »
Best Costume Design. Really, Academy? That’s it? As a good online friend would say, Pffft.
The most overlooked movie of the year, by far, is Bright Star. From the opening shot—an extreme closeup of a needle pulling through fabric—you know you are in the hands of a ci/… Read full post »
Remembering Lynn
They say that the songs you hear as a teenager imprint on you in a deeper, more significant way because of the hormones that course through your adolescent brain.
That explains why it only takes three notes of 25 or 6 to 4 and I am in Lynn’s
… Read full post »Freaky Might Faint
The very first OS friend I met in person was Freaky Troll, who was kind enough to bring along The Woman Who Carries The Purse. We met at a local bakery whose award-winning chef has put our little burg of West Seattle on the culinary map. Of *course* we had cake.… Read full post »
Listening to the Whales
This time of year, when I am not reading OS, or noticing how much earlier the sun is setting (already!), one of my favorite things to do is listen for whales at www.orca-live.net.
Most of the time, what you hear are the ambient noises of Johnstone Strait: lapping waves,… Read full post »
On Summer Nights
Sandra’s recent reverie about summers past reminded me of a piece I wrote a while back. (Okay, it was decades ago. In the 80s!) A little light something for your weekend…
UPDATED:Anniversary Party: Seattle!
Calling All Northwesterners (including you too, Canadians!)
What: Anniversary Party to Celebrate the First Year of Open Salon
When: Thursday April 16, 6 p.m.- 8 (or whenever)
Seeing the stories on the cover of Open Salon today reminded me of my own little adventure at the Playboy mansion. Don’t get too excited, it wasn’t like that.
It was 1973, and I was a junior in high school. Two friends and I were on our way from the… Read full post »
On the use of the words Blog Whore and Pimping
It's not the practice that grates, but what we are calling it.
You know I love this place. And I really don't mind getting notices of the new things you've written, or pointers to things you think I'd like to read. In fact, I like it, because I'd miss a lot… Read full post »
Cold Turkey in Baja
Nah, not that kind....
I'm going to Baja for 11 days and I won't be bringing a laptop. You know what that means...no OS! No comments, no posts, no Freaky, no squirrel...what am I gonna do!!
Oh, that's right. I'm going to be on a boat in the Sea of Cortez… Read full post »
Whales, Mac Davis, and Praying in the Dark: My 25 Things
1. I have spent the night on a schooner drifting among humpback whales in Alaska, their blows echoing across Frederick Sound.
2. The northern lights are one of the most awe-inspiring, naturally psychedelic things I have ever seen. Great bursts of color draped across the sky… Read full post »
The Cold and the Christmas Tree
I came down with a cold last week. Or, should I say, I got clobbered by a Monster Cold that started skulking around on Wednesday, and made its full body assault over the weekend.
I went so far as to reach for the cold medicine. There were three different
… Read full post »It’s snowing in Seattle! The weather people have been predicting it for days, and this time, they got it right. It’s a light snow, for now, but it is sticking, and the world has been transformed.
Snow always makes me giddy. Maybe it’s a result of growing up in… Read full post »
Found Humor 2: Hillary Edition
Found Humor: Top Rated
While everyone was scurrying around posting their avatars for the OS collage, this was the Top Rated list at around 8:30 tonight:
I thought it was really funny... I only wish it was 101 words ;) I'm trying to think of a good title... Read full post »
101 Words: New Glasses
With its high ceilings and velvet couch, it does not feel like a glasses store. She picks out a black pair with crystals on the stems. “Ooh - so You!”
I am not sure.
She pulls another pair, titanium from Japan.
“Also hip!” the sales chorus sings.… Read full post »
Getting to know Meme, too
Joining the song meme party. Thanks for the invitation, umbrellakinesis!
Who are you?
Words are flying out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the
universe…
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million
suns it calls me on and… Read full post »
"Our long national nightmare…
…is over."
I looked up this quote today while commenting on DogWoman’s blog because I couldn’t remember who said it. I was a little surprised to find that it was Gerald Ford, as part of his inauguration speech. Or more accurately, the remarks he gave after being sworn in as p… Read full post »
I’ve been having a rough couple of days. There are a lot of things I am supposed to be working on, but somehow I couldn’t get myself to move on any of them. And the longer it goes like that, the worse it gets. Like a hoar frost spreading into… Read full post »
The first major gusts of the season tore through here last week, shutting down power and scattering trees, as if announcing the change. My thoughts turn again to Jesse, because this is the month in which he died.
Steven J. Bernstein, aka Jesse, was a writer, an ex-junkie, and… Read full post »
Happy Birthday, John!
Today is John Lennon’s birthday. He would have been 68. I was completely inspired by Diane Martin’s story about meeting him, and thought we needed some official place to celebrate.
John was *always* my favorite Beatle, from the time we used to act out scene… Read full post »
Six for Susan
Iris, Bloedel Reserve
Waterfall, Bloedel Reserve
Waterfall, Chiapas
Palenque in Shrouds, Chiapas
Puget Sound Sunset 1
Puget Sound Sunset 2
Congratulations, Susan!
Sam and Lily in the Garden
listening to the blue jays
the look
fierce kitty (Sam)
handsome boy (he knows it)
thinking about it
thinking about it, too
focus
attacking the string
The End.
Tipping and The Lame List
Waaay back in the 90s in Seattle there was a great comedy show called Almost Live that aired on Saturday nights. One of the ongoing sketches - besides the Middle Management Suck-ups, the High-Fivin' White Guys, and Bill Nye the Science Guy - was a segment called The Lame List (or,… Read full post »
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