Category: Cityscape
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Hallway to Ocean | Newport, OR | March 2019 Standing amid sagebrush, five hours from the sea, an inlander’s heart races at the mention of a trip to
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Water Tower | Reardan, WA | 2018 “Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. Have you planned a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the
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Poolside | Tempe, AZ | 2018 Here’s an appreciation of the palm tree you might not have considered. “Let’s view (the palm) with symbolic eyes,” write editors of the popular website whats-your-sign.com. “The erect, towering trunk representing the phallus — male power rising into action — followed by a flowering, expansive fireworks display of
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Roof | Beaumont, TX | 2018 1. “God can be realized through all paths. The important thing is to reach the roof,” said Hindu mystic Ramakrishna. “You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.” 2.…
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Sidewalk View | Spokane, WA |2018 What’s right in front of us isn’t always what we see. This recent view of grasses and clouds transported me to New Orleans, 1977, where I sat on a patio sipping cafe au lait and watching — through a veil of similar stems — the unfolding of a small…
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Atrium | Wenatchee, WA | 2018 Sometimes we aren’t aware of the universe swirling around us. Our families, our finances, our phones distract us from the broader, more cosmic view. Three decades ago, I stood on a westernmost point and focused intently on the giant storm waves pounding the beach at my feet. Incredible. But…
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Plywood | East Wenatchee, WA | 2018 The first face Bill noticed was on an elevator at work. Two push-buttons for eyes, a third for a nose, and an emergency keyhole for a mouth, round and surprised. Afterwards, he saw faces everywhere. On cars (headlights, smiling grills). At breakfast (fried eggs, bacon smirks). On buildings…
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Birds on Wire | East Wenatchee, WA | 2018 I’m back with my buddies, sitting on this wobbly wire and waiting for Millie to sprinkle some seeds. The small ones are tasteless and the big ones hard to crack. But it’s free food, right? Plus, Millie would be so disappointed if we didn’t gobble it…
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Tent | Omak, WA | 2017 Circus sideshows have nearly disappeared. But 55 years ago, a tent filled with oddities — “You Won’t Believe Your Eyes!” — sprouted at least once a year in our small southern town. On one occasion, a hulking canopy housed the (supposedly) mummified corpse of exotic dancer Marie O’Day. She’d…
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Mannequins | Kennewick, WA | 2016 Service at a local retailer is so awful that I wonder if the staff has been trained to see customers only as faceless, walking wallets. These employees offer no “hello,” no eye contact, no chit-chat, no “thank you.” It makes me yearn for self-checkout or, even better, a robot…
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