HI there! my name is Patrick Timm but my friends call me Pat. I am a freelance writer, author and columnist. I have written a weather column for The Columbian in Vancouver, Washing...ver másHI there! my name is Patrick Timm but my friends call me Pat. I am a freelance writer, author and columnist. I have written a weather column for The Columbian in Vancouver, Washington for over 22 years. I have also written articles for Sunset, Oregon Coast and Weatherwise magazines and was a columnist for two years at the South Whidbey Record newspaper on Whidbey Island, WashingtonAn editor and feature editor on my high school newspaper for three years at Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland, Oregon where I majored in Graphic Arts and Journalism. I studied journalism at Portland State University and received the Eric W. Allen award for journalism from the University of Oregon. Memberships include the Willamette Writers Association, Oregon Colony of Writers, Whidbey Island Writers Association and the Oregon Chapter of the American Meteorology Society. My latest endeavor is the first novel of a trilogy, Whispers in the Wind~The Calling. While not writing I enjoy walking and meditating on the beach, hiking, playing with my two little Yorkies, daydreaming and of course weather. I was born and raised in Portland Oregon and now reside in Vancouver USA.ver menos