Today the flags of the City of Bellingham and the State of Washington fly in celebration of successfully dropping my my older child body at Western Washington University, which is located in that great city.

I’ve had the Bellingham flag for about a year, after meeting its designer, Bradley Lockhart, at the NAVA 59 conference in Seattle.

I’ve had the Washington flag for over 30 years now. I purchased it from Stagecraft Studios in Berkeley.