Category: Cityscape
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Straws | Cashmere, WA | November 2019 Circle Series #3 | Before we all became terrified of germs, straws stood in handy dispensers on soda fountain counters. When your vanilla-caramel milkshake arrived, you’d reach bare-fingered into the straw assortment, swish around for the perfect color, stick it in the shake and suck the end that…
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Wheel | Wenatchee, WA |December 2019 Circle Series #2 | I understand how tires work. Tread reduces skids; air reduces bumps. Tires are third on my list of Car Parts I Understand, right after horn and glove compartment. But my list of mystery parts (transmissions, brake calipers, adjustable lumbar cushions) grows longer as cars evolve.…
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Birthplace of Books | Chelan, WA | December 2019 Circle Series #1 | “What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody…
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Shrink Wrapped Boats | Chelan, WA | December 2019 The drawback to shrink wrapping a boat, I’ve read, is that it’s often too much too soon. Eager to winterize, boaters seal their vessels in plastic covers that put each watercraft out of commission for months — even while the weather stays warm, the snow stays…
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Red Door #2 | Chelan Falls, WA | December 2019 Ah, the allure of a red door. They’re often on ramshackle buildings and painted carelessly. A call for attention, maybe? A clever distraction? Red means stop, beware, don’t enter. But a blood-colored door needles at our need to know, particularly if that door
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Float | Chelan, WA | December 2019 Lake Chelan’s water levels drop each winter to make room for spring snow melt. This leaves many of the resort town’s water amenities — docks, beaches, safety floats (in photo) — high and dry. One local retailer told me the lake’s ebb parallels her own retreat from the…
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Windshield | Wenatchee, WA | December 2019 Several loyal followers of this photo blog have queried from afar about the lack of color in recent postings. “What gives? You shooting in black and white?” asked one. No, but I know it looks that way. These are the colors of autumn’s shift to winter in North…
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File Cabinet | Wenatchee, WA | December 2019 One heartfelt holiday resolution would be to adopt some old office furniture. But who really needs a creaky fax machine or tinny filing cabinet? They’ve become digital orphans, along with typewriters and bulky day planners, as a result of tech advances in the workplace. After moving last…
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Spares | Twisp, WA | November 2019 Comfort comes in many forms. But life’s pressures ease when we’re prepared for the unexpected. A flashlight within easy reach. A spare tire fully inflated. An extra six-pack on game day. I like to draw a mental map (not paper) of household emergency items and their locations. The…
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Wine | Quincy, WA | November 2019 Thirsty? An ocean of new wine ferments in giant stainless steel tanks glowing in a cluster south of Quincy. The facility, across the road from a wrecking yard and not far from a feedlot, indicates a shift in commerce along the Quincy-George Highway, long a district for intensive…
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