Craig Craker
@craigcraker.bsky.social
Former journalist, current media relations person in Tacoma. I take a lot of photos and read a lot and used to care a lot more about sports than I do these days.
A big blue tidal wave calls for Tuesday beers.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A big blue tidal wave calls for Tuesday beers.
A few more pictures I grabbed yesterday. 🦑
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A few more pictures I grabbed yesterday. 🦑
Oh. My. God. What a day in the Puget Sound. 73 Endangered Southern Resident Orcas swam past Point Robinson Lighthouse on Vashon Island. Here is one breaching with a salmon in its mouth. 🦑
November 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Oh. My. God. What a day in the Puget Sound. 73 Endangered Southern Resident Orcas swam past Point Robinson Lighthouse on Vashon Island. Here is one breaching with a salmon in its mouth. 🦑
Even after the windstorm over the weekend, Tacoma is still looking mighty fine this fall.
October 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Even after the windstorm over the weekend, Tacoma is still looking mighty fine this fall.
Fall colors and a bald eagle are pretty fun. Normally, I capture photos of bald eagles high up in trees - so I'm below them. Yesterday, I was on top of a cliff with very tall trees on the slope and so this eagle was actually below me. 🪶
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Fall colors and a bald eagle are pretty fun. Normally, I capture photos of bald eagles high up in trees - so I'm below them. Yesterday, I was on top of a cliff with very tall trees on the slope and so this eagle was actually below me. 🪶
Trees were down in Tacoma and there was power outages throughout. Very blustery.
October 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Trees were down in Tacoma and there was power outages throughout. Very blustery.
This kestrel was kind enough to perch on this post for me recently. One of my favorite birds.
October 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This kestrel was kind enough to perch on this post for me recently. One of my favorite birds.
22. King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild (Oct. 21) - A painstakingly researched, but easy to read book about the Belgian King Leopold II who made Congo into his personal fiefdom, killing millions in the name of money and helping lay the foundation for the mess today. Really interesting book.
October 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
22. King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild (Oct. 21) - A painstakingly researched, but easy to read book about the Belgian King Leopold II who made Congo into his personal fiefdom, killing millions in the name of money and helping lay the foundation for the mess today. Really interesting book.
21. The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai (Oct. 4) - A unique way to tell a story as it works backward over 100 years at a house featuring a colony of artists and rich benefactors. I enjoyed the mystery at the heart of the book, but also the characters as they were revealed.
October 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
21. The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai (Oct. 4) - A unique way to tell a story as it works backward over 100 years at a house featuring a colony of artists and rich benefactors. I enjoyed the mystery at the heart of the book, but also the characters as they were revealed.
A Steller Sea Lion eats a salmon while a Glaucous Gull waits for leftovers Wednesday in Tacoma, Wash. in the Puget Sound. 🦑
October 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A Steller Sea Lion eats a salmon while a Glaucous Gull waits for leftovers Wednesday in Tacoma, Wash. in the Puget Sound. 🦑
It is a spectacular fall day in Western Washington and Mount Rainier is looking amazing even with the haze.
October 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It is a spectacular fall day in Western Washington and Mount Rainier is looking amazing even with the haze.
It's mushroom season in the Northwest.
October 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's mushroom season in the Northwest.
It's world octopus day and in honor of that, here is an Eastern Pacific Red Octopus I saw in 2023 in Tacoma, Wash. 🦑
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It's world octopus day and in honor of that, here is an Eastern Pacific Red Octopus I saw in 2023 in Tacoma, Wash. 🦑
His Instagram is wild.
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
His Instagram is wild.
It's always a good time to see whales, especially the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. 🦑
October 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It's always a good time to see whales, especially the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. 🦑
20. How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler (Sept. 21) - A life in 10 sea creatures is the tagline of this memoir, which explores topics including being biracial, sexuality, relationships, identity and finding your people. I really enjoyed learning about Sabrina’s life AND the sea creatures.
September 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
20. How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler (Sept. 21) - A life in 10 sea creatures is the tagline of this memoir, which explores topics including being biracial, sexuality, relationships, identity and finding your people. I really enjoyed learning about Sabrina’s life AND the sea creatures.
19. The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Sept. 15) - Three brilliant essays in one short book. I am mad I waited so long to read it, because it is so good. Keen insight into writing, what we lose when books are banned, and, of course, the searing criticism of Israel that our time demands.
September 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
19. The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Sept. 15) - Three brilliant essays in one short book. I am mad I waited so long to read it, because it is so good. Keen insight into writing, what we lose when books are banned, and, of course, the searing criticism of Israel that our time demands.
18. At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill (Sept. 5) - An engrossing novel about two young men discovering their sexuality in the backdrop of 1915 Ireland leading up to the Easter Uprising in 1916. This is the kind of novel that you never want to end because the characters become a part of your life.
September 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
18. At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill (Sept. 5) - An engrossing novel about two young men discovering their sexuality in the backdrop of 1915 Ireland leading up to the Easter Uprising in 1916. This is the kind of novel that you never want to end because the characters become a part of your life.
17. Poetics of Work by Noemi Lefebvre (Aug. 24) - a novella written by a French author that is apropos for my current life: living in a quickly-turning Fascist country while being unemployed and pondering middle life. I think. I need to re-read this, because it was dense but very interesting.
September 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
17. Poetics of Work by Noemi Lefebvre (Aug. 24) - a novella written by a French author that is apropos for my current life: living in a quickly-turning Fascist country while being unemployed and pondering middle life. I think. I need to re-read this, because it was dense but very interesting.
It was an amazing thing to witness.
September 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It was an amazing thing to witness.
The endangered Southern Resident Orcas J Pod made their first visit south of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in recent memory (think 35-50 years) on Friday and Saturday. Others got much closer photos, but these are still pretty great.
September 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The endangered Southern Resident Orcas J Pod made their first visit south of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in recent memory (think 35-50 years) on Friday and Saturday. Others got much closer photos, but these are still pretty great.
An Osprey flies away with a coho salmon Friday, after scooping it out of the Puget Sound near Browns Point Lighthouse in Tacoma, Wash. 🪶
September 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
An Osprey flies away with a coho salmon Friday, after scooping it out of the Puget Sound near Browns Point Lighthouse in Tacoma, Wash. 🪶
Thank God Charlie Kirk and Kash Patel aren't here because that sandwich I just crushed was amazing.
September 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Thank God Charlie Kirk and Kash Patel aren't here because that sandwich I just crushed was amazing.
Do we think today is the day I might finally get some unemployment money from Washington state? It's only been pending since the first week of July.
Pretty cool system we have. @governorferguson.bsky.social
Pretty cool system we have. @governorferguson.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Do we think today is the day I might finally get some unemployment money from Washington state? It's only been pending since the first week of July.
Pretty cool system we have. @governorferguson.bsky.social
Pretty cool system we have. @governorferguson.bsky.social