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Sandra Dean

Sandra Dean

Tieton, Washington
04
Jul
Photo montage of rainbow over trees and brown field with radio station logo in pot of gold at right end.

Music is My Friend - Part One

This is the first post in a series about my musical background and evolution.
2 min read
06
Jun
Photo of the front of a one-story blue building, with mailbox outside and "US Post office", and "Tieton WA 98947" on facade.

My Small Town Strolls - Part Two

This is the second post in a series about daily life in Tieton.
8 min read
02
May
A panoramic view of a pear orchard in full white bloom, backed by two grain silos, with a green grass field in the foreground and a partly cloudy blue sky above.

My Small Town Strolls - Part One

This is the first post in a series about Tieton businesses.
3 min read
04
Apr
Photo of concrete cast sculpture of Buddhist goddess holding white lily in her hands in front, with ivy and fence in background

The Cries of the Earth

For many years when I lived in my Seattle home, I worked tirelessly to create a lush and quiet garden
10 min read
20
Mar
Photo of the earth from space, with left half in darkness and right half in sunlight.

An Equinox Greeting

Dear Esteemed Readers, In 2023, I moved from Seattle, Washington to my new home in Tieton, Washington and had to
1 min read
07
Mar
Print of chickadee sitting on pine branch with pine cone, with green background

My Chickadee Family

In the summer of 1974, I purchased a small, 1918, “fixer upper” bungalow in Seattle, at the foot of a
8 min read
07
Feb
Photo of black man in suite on phone behind lobby desk, in front of mirror, with violin on desk to his right

A Renaissance Doorman

In the summer of 2021, the New Yorker magazine co-produced a beautiful short documentary film that tells the story
5 min read
03
Jan
Photo of woman holding golden filigreed sculpture

Filigree Wonders

Growing up in Kathmandu, there are little temples strewn about everywhere in the city that are so ancient. To stop
9 min read
20
Dec
Photo of a snow covered road in the foreground with evergreen tress and sharp-peaked, snow-covered mountains in the background

2025 Winter Solstice Greeting

It was the mountains of Orezza that made me completely happy. The song of the dove and the partridge telling
4 min read
06
Dec
Photo of small, single story brown home with golden ginkgo and fallen leaves on lawn in front

La Casa del Arte y Sueños

The title of this month’s post, which translates as “The House of Art and Dreams,” sums up the purpose
4 min read