Local website Bellingham Wins has its lead story today about local resident George Dyson. It is informative and a good read - as are all the posts on their site.  We have a permanent link to Bellingham Wins in the right side column - under Local Leisure. If you read this post in the future, here is the link directly to the article about George.  

I've known George since he came to Bellingham in the late 1980s. He bought the just closed Dick's Tavern on West Holly - and there were still half pitchers of stale beer on the bar.  He uses it as his office for writing, but it is still crammed with built and partially built baidarkas. The article explains about the boats.  And it also tells of the books he has written and how he got into writing.  

Not mentioned is the book that first made George famous - 'The Starship and the Canoe', by Kenneth Brower, published in 1978. It was of George and his father, the famous physicist Freeman Dyson.  The book took liberties with the reality of their lives, but was a fun read in the waning days of the alternative living era. George became a sort of counter culture cult hero. I mean, how does one live high in a fir tree on Vancouver Island for three years? Well, he was young and he was finding himself.

The web site 'Bellingham Wins' splits its features between local persons and local cool places and events. It is a project of Bob Pritchett, the owner of Faithlife, the online bible resource company in Bellingham.  Bob moved his company to Bellingham because he likes this place a lot. This website is also a fun digression for his Faithlife staffers. There is a new feature article irregularly but about twice a week. It is under 'Leisure' because of the good articles about events.