Spiritwalk and more

Had quite the busy day yesterday. Started the day with the 10th Annual Spiritwalk in Seattle to raise money for Seattle Indian Health Board programs. A short walk but a very important fundraiser with great people and amazing entertainment after the walk. It's my third year in a row and it's now an event I won't miss.

Next it was off on another whirlwind trip to LA to attend Collage Foundations's online magazine launch party. I decided to fly in today in order to see Sharon Lawrence (one of SSF's Style Ambassadors) perform in Steven Sondheims's Chicago. It was an amazing performance and afterward, Ruben Aronin (of ECO and I had a chance to chat with Sharon at the Hotel Bel-Air. We talked SSF, philosophy, physics, etc. One of those great Mindwalk conversations you long to have more of. I did get lost in the hills of Bel-Air on the way home so I guess life has a way of keeping you humble.

Birds for birthday boy

Well I survived my birthday weekend. I need to check in and see how my buddy Ruben, ED of Earth Communciation Office (ECO) is doing, we share the exact same birthday, how crazy is that? One of the stops on my birthday weekend was to the Skagit Wildlife Area north of Seattle where I used to do fieldwork on song sparrows. I was really surprised to run into Mike Beecher, my Animal Behavior professor at UW, as we were leaving the site. Very Cool and timely as I'm preparing for my Earthwatch trip to Cuba next month to participate in research on sandhill cranes.