Hai’da Tribal Dancers Part II

The Gw’ana’kw family partnered with another indigenous group that has been running canoe trips like this since 1995 in Canada. In the spirit of healing, the group paddled out of Blaine just before sundown and followed the salmon up Dakota Creek. This presents an interesting situation: the last time Hai’da canoed up Dakota Creek was […]

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Kids n Dogs

I saw this girl and her father out at the beach while I was taking my smokey sunset photos. A man with three large, friendly dogs came by and the little girl just went face first into a pile of fur and tongue. I thought it was cute, and no, I don’t know any of […]

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Smokey Summer

Smokey summer day on the water. The thick smoke trapped the heat close to the ground and felt muggy, sticky, and miserable at times. Still, people made the best of summer. It felt as though we were living in a thick, hot fog for most of July.

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