What would otherwise be a bedroom, were there more of us in this townhouse, is an office which I share with my sweet bride. The window faces west so I can see, through a mix of maple trees and evergreen trees (mostly Douglas Fir) the grey waters of Puget Sound (it is overcast today) and, on the other side, the snow-covered Olympic Mountains. I have lived in a lot of places around the world at one time or other and have always returned to the Pacific Northwest happy to be where one can see sights like this.