January 23, 2026
📷Here are some images from my latest roll of 35mm film ("Mummy" ASA 400)
Hectic times personally. Feeling good and have energy, although erratic sleep patterns. Bouts and fits of writing at all and any time of day or night. Mosty political writing and editing. Preparing for Cascade convention. Dealing with family. Stretch of great weather and I got some tree pruning in, but still behind. Grange and other commitments.
Got back into social media. My Facebook followers doubled literally overnight as I posted an image of myself in a Burger King. I had to take my Dear ‘Ol Pappy, who’s 90, to yet another appointment. This was in Astoria so, at least it’s close. You can see my father and step-mother in the image. They offered to treat me to lunch, and I realized 🕰️ — this kind of moment will soon be gone, so I accepted, even though I have a lot of things to do.
Upon entering the lair, I noticed a pile of the paper crowns on the counter, so, like some kind of Napoleon, I coronated myself. I was the only person in the establishment to do so. I was indeed the Burger King! 👑 I proudly wore the crown the whole time while enjoying my Big Fish, Impossible Whopper, onion rings and coffee.
I also made another post on the FB prior to the Yes ME King moment, regarding a resolution I submitted to the Cascade Party convention. It’s basically about amnesty for the undocumented immigrants. I try to be careful about posting regarding this situation as people are hair trigger while also faddishly following a narrative. It’s curious how many comments were surprised to see an actual solution offered. Let’s see if the resolution passes — the FB post reaction was a good poll of where the public could be, on FB at least. I have been researching amnesty in the 1980s and this will soon be an article in THE SUMMIT — the Cascade Party press.
I am current editor of THE SUMMIT and have written or shaped over 60 articles published since late 2024.
WIll also soon write a remembrance article for the late Ray Prestegard for the Wahkiakum County Eagle. Readers of the Dispatch know I did a photo tribute.
I also have an Instagram. Check me out as darkashusband. This seems more fun than FB, which is tragic; it’s really TMI and disappointing to see so much wasted potential, Now, this wasted dynamic is likely my life story! However, I’m watching people as part of my careful navigation of the world’s premier social network. I have a treacherous history with social media and this time, after being bitten, am proceeding with caution and as much awareness as I can muster.
I have been playing finger style guitar and also accordion, but not composing. Playing my own material on guitar and Beatles on the accordion.
Reading someone’s unpublished manuscript which Bob Pyle presented. It’s a story about a girl and wild horse in the Alaska wilderness, set in the early 1960s. Good story. 📖 With another book / read, I offered a brief review of a Hunter S. Thompson tome on my Instagram.
There is a good story on Jack Kerouac in the latest County Highway which arrived in my mailbox this week. It’s fun to read a real newspaper.
I read print to stay off the internet. This helps me catch that fleeting notion of a real world — a place I used to inhabit a lot more. Online world is strange mind control. It’s walking into a trap, but you don’t realize you’ve been snared as you dangle by one ankle. The world seems topsy-turvy, but here’s the rub, it’s you who are upside down!
Get off line while you can! Run for your life!
January 8, 2026
I want to remember Ray through some images. These moments we spent together making great music in Giants in the Trees. In Remembrance — Krist
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