An update on “Frank Herbert Park”
Metro Parks finished its review of the public request to name the peninsula that forms the yacht basin “Frank Herbert Park.” Their conclusion was two-fold: “Frank Herbert” is eligible to be a park name. The peninsula is actually a part of Point Defiance Park, and thus can’t be named Frank Herbert Park. The first conclusion is excellent news. The second conclusion is, personally speaking, disappointing–although after a long discussion with the Historic and Cultural Asset Manager, I learned a lot about the history of the breakwater and its creation to be a part of Point Defiance. So I understand where Read more…
Sneak Peek
Things are moving along with my sci-fi adventure novel! I’m thinking October, but the hard and fast date is not fixed yet. There’s still a lot to be done, which is why I’m not sure of the date. So until then I want to share a small slice of the cover art from Tacoma artist Chandler O’Leary. It’s just a small hint of what is to come. So very excited to share the rest soon!
Photo blogging
You might have noticed a dearth of travel photos around these parts. There’s a reason for that, and that is mostly that Instagram is one of my favorite social media services. I love the streams of my friends photos, and I love posting my own. The filters also lend them a bit of drama, and can make the colors really pop. Here’s Rainier out my airplane window this morning. Here’s Vashon and Maury Island with Commencement Bay and Tacoma in the haze. And here’s Mount Saint Helens, looking very cratered. (I took the 33 minute flight to Read more…
Me … in watercolor
The awesome Tacoma artist Chandler O’Leary painted a watercolor portrait of me in her sketchbook last month. I’ve been meaning to post it here, but if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll see it there too. Chandler, among other projects, has a cool new site called “Drawn the Road Again” that is a watercolor/sketchbook travelogue. The whole site is illustrated and painted and it looks fantastic. (Side x Side helped her out with building it, hence the awesome portrait as a thank you). You can also expect to see Chandler’s artistic sense on the cover for my science Read more…
Better. Stronger. Faster.
The new ErikHanberg.com is still a work in progress, but I didn’t want to leave the danged “coming soon” page live any longer than I had to. So the site’s up, and hopefully it will continue to improve. Like the Six Million Dollar Man, the goal is that this version of the website is better, stronger, and faster. The previous site, while it had some features I really liked, was terribly slow to load and if I ever was lucky enough to grab a big influx of traffic, it would have faltered under the load. There were also some issues Read more…
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