Author Archives: Skip Walter

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About Skip Walter

Retired software executive, ardent book reader. Enjoying slow travel, learning to cook, and searching for fine wine growing. Grandfather, husband, father, brother. Recorder of Seattle sunrises. Voting blue.💙

The Presence of Photography

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! As part of striving to be a traveler rather than a tourist and wanting to be awake to the wonders of life as I walk this planet, I take photographs to aid … Continue reading →

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Wine Tasting and Experiencing History in Laguardia Spain

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! We really enjoyed our Sommelier Wine Tour in Barbaresco and Barolo Italy in the fall of 2023. After having such wonderful wine tasting experiences in Italy, I went searching for an out … Continue reading →

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Walking in the Woods on Bainbridge Island

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! I keep my sanity in this crazy world by trying to walk in the woods on Bainbridge Island every non-rainy day. I love the immersion in the deep greens on my walk … Continue reading →

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May Day Protest Seattle 2025

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! I joined the May Day 2025 protest march in Seattle that started at Cal Anderson park on Capital Hill. My favorite message from the day of passionate speeches and a committed mass … Continue reading →

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Resilience Building

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! I love the following quote from Enlightened Aging: “The path to healthy aging is not centered on the consumption of health care services. The path is instead centered on developing the ability to … Continue reading →

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Alive Day – April 7

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! Every year on April 7th I celebrate my Alive Day. April 7th in 2018 is the day I should have died in an auto accident on I-90 east of Seattle. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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The Many Colors of Sunrise on Puget Sound

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! We are blessed with an eastward facing home that looks over the Puget Sound towards Seattle. As the earth turns, each morning I see the sun move on its seasonal journey venturing … Continue reading →

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A History Lesson at Chateau Franc Mayne

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! On our visit to France in Fall 2024, we wanted to experience both the right and left bank wine Chateaus of Bordeaux. We sought recommendations from our host Valentino at Chateau Tanesse … Continue reading →

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Foot Ferry “Ueli” in Basel

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! Living on Bainbridge Island, we travel by Washington State Ferries several times a week. Over the years, we’ve travelled on many different types of ferries, including the tiny Wheatland Ferry in Oregon. … Continue reading →

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Proving a Memory – The Masters Tournament

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! I love the Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Course. Every year, I eagerly watch and listen to Jim Nance describe “a tradition unlike any other.” I scramble to find some … Continue reading →

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