Volume
IV, Issue II
JUNE 2002
The New Starts Issue
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SPOKESCAT OF THE MONTH
The Taj MaBob is occupied by Hiroe Sugimoto's cat which proportionally makes Bob the wealthiest land-owner in Tokyo.
T H I S
I S S U E
Get Lost Magazine enters fourth lost year by getting lost in cyberspace! Attack of BugBoy, Attack of the Wireless Girls, Attack of Ziplock Chick, Invasion of the Weird Screensavers, The Vast Empire Hits the Road... man, are we moving! New writers from all over the world, and our old favorites.
F E A T U R E S
They're not wildlife but they are pretty wild - Paul Dodson runs into Art on Cows in Luxembourg.
Dumb-Ass trips goes to Mendocino with a
small backpack, a change of clothes, a laptop computer, and a
couple revolutionary
giant ziplock bags.
Except Herself - Ethan Gilsdorf's mother makes a trip last a lifetime.
Bruce Alderman can't argue: I want you to have this hat...
Sex and the Single Entomologist - Introducing Philip Johns, with advice for bug-watching all over the world. This month, Things Too Fierce to Mention: That Which Is (Not) a Bug.
McBee's Marking Time with the birds in the Arboretum.
T H E C A S U A L C O O K
Here at Get Lost Magazine we're all about hot air. And Eats editor Martha "Stewart" Strom goes the literal route with Puff Pastry creations for spring. They're spectacular and we also get to make up recipe names like "PuffenWieners."
MAYBERRY BREEDS WITH NORTHERN EXPOSURE
The theme for the June issue is New Starts, but from the looks of things it should be subtitled Merging into Life in the Slow Lane. In May, in a rather whirlwind transition of four days, I landed a new job, moved my household to overpriced storage, gave away my old truck, got another car, moved to a rural Northwest island, and started that job. I sent out a blanket note to my friends and acquaintances to tell them of the move, and without exception they all thought it sounded wonderful. Then, to them it seemed I just vanished.
On paper it sounds like a dream come true: Hired away from jobless Seattle at a (barely) living wage to transform the Whale Museum's store into something that will support and match the museum's new ambitions, living on San Juan island surrounded by tranquility and peace and beauty and charm and nice quirky people and a short boat ride away from Victoria and Vancouver BC when I need a civilization fix.
Now here's the reality part of the dreamy lifestyle: The grocery store closes at 6, and all day Sundays. Gas and food cost at least 30% more than on the mainland. I occasionally work on a project at a lighthouse where I sit in an attic with two computers while Killer whales cavort in the kelp 20 feet away and I don't even know they're there. When I walk out to my car on a moonless night, the lighthouse beacon illuminates the trees above and it's pitch black where I'm stumbling blindly along a dirt path. I can sometimes hear the whales go by in the dark but once again, not see them. There are five or so espresso places in town, four of which have dreadful coffee. The one place that has good coffee is closed weekends. My living situation varies from sleeping on the museum gallery floor and showering at the port, to luxurious digs on beautiful salt water bays.
These are details, of course, and can be dealt with. The tranquility can be a marvellous thing for people who have partners, buddies, spouses or a dog. For a solo person it can be wretchedly lonely. Then the sun comes up in the picture window of a friend's house, a Harbor seal waves a fish around on the glassy water, a big polite oafish dog stares at me for a pat, and I go to work knowing how rare the opportunity is to contribute to the support of a unique museum which holds exactly all the things I value in the world - appreciation of the whales of the sea, preservation of the wild, and information to anyone with an interest in them.
- Leslie
Strom
Your Rustic Editor-in-Chief
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SITES WE DIG
Follow Kinga and Chopin as they hitchhike around the world!
Music collection so five minutes ago? Go to Amazon, get current, and save dough.
Cheryl Conlon, professional travel photographer: check out her latest portfolio at conlonphoto.com
Armchair Travel for Quicktime Virtual Reality photoessays.
The 2Camels web site with travel events and stuff
