A geologist connects Earth’s history to the amazing stones that clad the city’s buildings.
David B. Williams
David B. Williams is a Seattle-based author whose books include Homewaters, Wild in Seattle and Stories in Stone. He also writes the Street Smart Naturalist, a weekly Substack newsletter.
Posted inJuly 25, 2005: The Many Faces of Richard Pombo
Life rises from the ashes, in the form of a humble toad
Change can be good — even violent, earth-shaking change. Just ask Charlie Crisafulli. Twenty-five years ago on May 18, at 8:32 in the morning, Mount St. Helens erupted, blasting ash, steam and superheated gases 80,000 feet into the atmosphere high above southern Washington. The north end of the mountain collapsed in the largest landslide in […]
Posted inMarch 13, 2000: Libby's dark secret
Goose got your gander?
Pooping plagues people in urban settings