2007.1.15. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. I-5 exit 114. About an hour drive. Cold, sunny. Lots of geese and ducks. Saw a bittern, a hawk, and couple of herons.

Went to Seattle Rep's performance of The Lady from Dubuque, a play about dying. Confusing plot, or rather questions than a plot. The play writer Edward Albee showed up in the Stage Voice at 6pm, talking to Seattle Rep's artistic director David Esbjornson.

2007.1.6. Seattle Symphony. Gerard Schwarz, conductor, Mark Kosower, cello
Dvorák: Serenade for Strings
Barber: Cello Concerto
Elgar: Enigma Variations

2006.12.30. Skagit River Bald Eagle Interpretive Center. Guided walk at 1:30pm. Saw two eagling feeding at the gravel close to the river bank about milepost 100. About 60 eagles circling in the sky around 4pm a bit further east. Soon dissipated, but a great sight: pale moon and soaring eagles.

2006.12.20. Meshuga Nutcracker at Seattle Rep, a Hanukkah musical. Simple stage, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker music and some Klezmer songs, loosely knitted 8 stories. 8 actors for the 8 candles on the menorah, some of them have pretty good voice. However, this production is not as good as what UW students' drama or opera performances.

2006.12.16. Seattle Women's Chorus 's holiday concert "Ho Ho Ho, Fa La La, Ha Ha Ha" at UW's Meany Hall. The special guests Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt were fabulous. Their comedy sketches were hilarious, but some not suitable to children.