Category: Cityscape
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In Fog | New Orleans, LA | 2016 It was a slack day on the immense field where the Battle of New Orleans was fought in 1815. We were two of four visitors that morning at the national historic site. So I was curious about this guy walking slowly up the drive followed by a…
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Pins | New Orleans, LA | 2016 The velvet-covered board measured 4×8 feet and displayed hundreds of colored and jeweled pins. Clowns, peacocks, knights, howling coyotes, real estate “sold” signs, and boastful “nurses care” and “doctors know” slogans. It was certainly the most extensive assortment of any item at the famed New Orleans’ French Market.…
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Flight Crystals | Somewhere over Texas | 2016 Water droplets and ice crystals appear on an airplane window at 30,000 feet. “At the altitudes jet aircraft fly, the air temperature may be –40 F or even lower. Water vapor crystallizes at these temperatures if condensation nuclei (dust and other aerosols) are present. However, it’s likely…
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Mississippi River | New Orleans, LA | 2016 He claims a bench on the levee behind the French Market because that’s where the big boats swing-in close to make the sharp turn upriver. At this moment, a tug with barges chugs to beat the current. Bones creaky, he stands and faces the imposing highway bridge,…
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Light | Seattle, WA | 2016 “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life
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Night Tent | Mountain View, AR | 2016 We strolled away from the music festival, bluegrass fading as we meandered down the dark street. One last vendor tent caught bright spotlights from the staging area and fluttered in the night. Its canvas
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Empty Space | Fairfield Bay, AR | 2016 “According to String Theory, what appears to be empty space is actually a tumultuous ocean of ‘strings’ vibrating at
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Balcony | Bull Shoals, AR | 2016 Ponder the shape of the world and you’ll discover the S-curve everywhere. Roads, rivers, staircases, noodles on a plate. One theory claims humans find the S-curve pleasing due to its balance and symmetry. Another asserts it mimics the female form, so what’s not to like? The shape is…
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Ducks | Bellevue, WA | 2016 A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural Texas. He got one on the first shot, but it fell across the fence into a farmer’s field. As the lawyer climbed over the fence to get the duck, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor. “This is my…
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Corner Lot | Warden, WA | 2016 Shreds of dreams linger in many of Eastern Washington’s small towns. In the last few decades, a shift in rural economies — more mail order, more consolidation, more Walmarts — undercut Main Street’s mom-and-pop businesses. Once-busy stores have now been repurposed into offices, senior centers or storage spaces.…
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