One man’s treasure-from-trash is a Centralia tourist attraction – The Seattle Times profiles Richard Tracy, “Richart”, and his wonderful folk-art assemblage, on his property in Centralia.

(I noticed this as we were having lunch at the Pig-n-Whistle in Greenwood. We were there whilst I scheduled my driver’s test.)

Several years ago, my old band played an Oktoberfest in Centralia-Chehalis for three nights and during the days we poked arounf the town. One of the sights we saw was Richart’s magnificent pile.

Richart talked to all of us at length.

Here’s the man himself.

When you’ve got to feel it in your bones…: MoFi links to A Murder of Scarecrows, a lovely little flash game much indebted to Tim Burton and Edward Gorey. Lovely.