Category: Cityscape
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In the Car Wash | East Wenatchee, WA | 2018 The automatic car wash seems to me a technological miracle on par with intermittent windshield wipers. It’s a melding of chemistry, hydraulics and robotics that is largely overlooked and under-appreciated. Really. Crowds should gather to
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Modern Art | Rockland, ME | 2018 “Heck, I could do that.” Many people view contemporary art — particularly abstract art — as the dots, dabs and dribbles of the unskilled, wannabe artist. You know, someone who can’t draw. Recently, I came to the opposite conclusion while watching a local abstract artist sketch using a…
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Hand | Wiscasset, ME | 2018 Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp / Or what’s a heaven for? — Poet Robert Browning Florida writer Robert D. Shepherd, a frequent contributor to the question-and-answer website Quora, explains the origin of this famous phrase: “It’s from Robert Browning’s wonderful, sad poem ‘Andrea del Sarto,‘…
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Board Fence | East Wenatchee, WA | 2018 “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and
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Worker Housing | Pateros, WA | 2017 Orchard workers I’ve known have been resigned to living in close quarters with fellow fruit pickers. Not luxurious digs, but not dirty and dilapidated either. (Although some must certainly be subpar.) A roof, a bed, communal bathrooms and heat on chilly autumn mornings are all that
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Houseboats | Kennewick, WA | 2017 “Seeing all life in perfect symmetry. Perceiving each day with righteous clarity. Living each moment
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Riverboat | Kennewick, WA | 2017 Small trips — maybe across town or to a nearby city — can often deliver rewards larger than, say, a week in Waikiki. In fact, if you keep expectations low, a small adventure can yield big surprises. Last year, we canceled a trip to Hawaii (high costs, big crowds)…
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Optometrist’s Office | Spokane, WA | 2017 “For I dipped into the future, Far as human eye could see, Saw the vision of
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Architecture | Spokane, WA | 2017 All architecture is shelter. All great architecture is the design of
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Bench | Wenatchee, WA | 2017 “Each of us needs to withdraw from the worries that will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or
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