“One Degree” at a.o.c. gallery in Tacoma, WA opens on October 6

Coming up next month at a.o.c. gallery: “One Degree” an exhibition of paintings by Drake Deknatel, Mike George and Alec Clayton. The title refers to one degree of separation – three artists from three different cities but all connected to the same gallery. The show will run through Nov. 30. a.o.c. gallery is located 608 …

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More on Stonewall Youth at Washington Middle School, including my letter to the editor.

Stonewall Youth’s speaker’s panel spoke about bullying at Washington Middle School in Olympia on Wednesday, June 6, 2007. Alec and I attended a school board meeting on Monday, July 11, 2007, along with youth from Stonewall, members of PFLAG and other folks in the community. This letter to the editor was published as a Letters …

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Alec’s heart

Wednesday, June 20Alec was having some chest pain in the evening so Catherine and I took him to St. Peters hospital. After checking him out in the ER they decided to admit him for observation, and planned to do a nuclear stress test in the morning. We hoped they would find that it was because …

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Steve Schalchlin ~ Lennon Piano Video Diary Part #1

On Saturday, May 26, 2007 Steve Schalchlin wrote in his blog Although I posted a music video of the Lennon Piano visit to the Clayton’s home in Olympia previously, I hadn’t, until now, edited the actual video diary footage. Finally, today, after giving myself a little distance from it, began putting it together. Here is …

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What can I say about yesterday?

Yesterday was a dream I will never wake from, and yet so real. I am grounded in love and community. John Lennon’s piano was on my lawn and in my dining room. You should have seen sweet wonderful Steve Schalchlin‘s hands dance on that piano, and heard him sing “Imagine”, “Will It Always Be Like …

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