An Ode to the Eccentrics in our midst

[Comshaw]

As authors, you probably do the same as I do. You pay attention to things and people that are different. Those eccentrics amongst us who don't follow the crowd. Those people who meander through life to a different tune than anyone else, who admire things while the rest of the world strolls obliviously by. Those are the ones who stir something in my brain, light sparks that turn into bonfires of tales to be told. Here's one for you, from the wettest, dampest corner of the wettest, dampest state in the U.S.

Comshaw

 

[TheWritingGroup]

As authors, you probably do the same as I do. You pay attention to things and people that are different. Those eccentrics amongst us who don't follow the crowd. Those people who meander through life to a different tune than anyone else, who admire things while the rest of the world strolls obliviously by. Those are the ones who stir something in my brain, light sparks that turn into bonfires of tales to be told. Here's one for you, from the wettest, dampest corner of the wettest, dampest state in the U.S.

KOMO News Eric Johnson "Heros" series

Comshaw

I don't Facebook, but KOMO would be an odd TV station to report news from Florida. Could be Hawaii, I suppose.

 

[MrPixel]

Marching to a different drummer. My drummer happened to play the cymbals. We'd crash at her place.

 

[Comshaw]

I don't Facebook, but KOMO would be an odd TV station to report news from Florida. Could be Hawaii, I suppose.

Florida? Not hardly. I don't think there is any place in Florida that even approaches 13' (yes feet) of rain a year. Hawaii, yeah. I should have said, "in the contiguous states".


Comshaw

 

[ElectricBlue]

I'm not eccentric, I just think differently to most people...

 

[Comshaw]

I don't Facebook, but KOMO would be an odd TV station to report news from Florida. Could be Hawaii, I suppose.

I found a video posted to YouTube and modified my original post so you will be able to view it.

Comshaw

 

[Actingup]

Awww… that’s a lovely report, and it’s good to know there are still reporters out there willing to take the time to do stories like that.

 

[Seurat]

I'll admit to being eccentric, just like everybody else. Start separating out people for what makes them different and soon you have nobody left.

 

[onehitwanda]

We'd crash at her place.

 

[StillStunned]

There are eccentrics among us?!

 

[ADirtyPerv]

That was captivating. I loved the pacing of that segment. They took precious airtime to slowly unfold a story, because that's the time it took to tell it properly. The museum is pretty cool, too.

 

[Dodola]

Loved this. I have hundreds of shells, corks, sea glass, and small pieces of driftwood that I've been collecting since I was a child. Not enough for a museum, but it's a hobby that makes me happy. I loved the nostalgia of this with all of the antique items. They really are treasures.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

I don't Facebook, but KOMO would be an odd TV station to report news from Florida. Could be Hawaii, I suppose.

KOMO is a station in Seattle, which is a pretty wet town, but that area showcased in the video is on the western side of the Olympic Peninsula, and is way wetter. It gets three times more rain than Seattle.

Nice showcase. I used to go camping in that area (Rialto beach). I don't remember the museum but I do remember all the flotsam and jetsam... and the dismembered feet that would show up every once and a while, although I think that was more common up north towards Cape Flattery.

 

[Comshaw]

KOMO is a station in Seattle, which is a pretty wet town, but that area showcased in the video is on the western side of the Olympic Peninsula, and is way wetter. It gets three times more rain than Seattle.

Nice showcase. I used to go camping in that area (Rialto beach). I don't remember the museum but I do remember all the flotsam and jetsam... and the dismembered feet that would show up every once and a while, although I think that was more common up north towards Cape Flattery.

The western side of the Olympics is a temperate rainforest. The Hoh rainforest gets 144" (12') to 168" (14') of rain a year. Late spring and summers are fabulous. Little to no rain. But come fall, when the first drops splash down, it rains almost continuously until spring. Many think it would be a miserable existence to live in such a place. It's not. A person gets used to it and after a while the cool crispness of the rain ladened air becomes a soothing balm.

Most of the feet were found along the westernmost north-facing beaches of the Strait of Juan De Fuca. They were all encased in a sneaker. To my knowledge, they never figured out where they were coming from or who they belonged to. I do know there was a huge foofrah because they found one on the beach and after much hoorahing and an investigation, discovered it was a bear paw someone stuffed into a sneaker. There was a huge cry of, "Whoever did this should be prosecuted!" for what I can't imagine. Personally, I thought it was hilarious and probably would have done the same if I had the bearpaw and sneaker to do it with.


Comshaw