Category: Cityscape
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Shoe | East Wenatchee, WA | November 2019 The mystery of fashion bewilders me even into old age. Every year someone declares which clothes are in style and, amazingly, people buy them. I can readily accept almost any apparel if it’s sexy, comfortable or practical, but so much of it isn’t. And so much of…
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Cat | East Wenatchee, WA | November 2019 The big feral cat that bedevils our backyard birds knows her place in the world. She sits high on the fence to sun herself. She creeps low through vines to be invisible. She adapts to conditions as they arrive with no fretting over profit or efficiency or…
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Pot Farm | Malaga, WA | November 2019 The hillside glows with new commerce — a cannabis farm. I’m not a pot user, but I find this row of greenhouses to be an illuminating symbol of our state’s progressiveness. A step, perhaps, towards acceptance and non-judgment. Cops may note an increase in impaired driving but,…
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Golf Houses | Potholes Reservoir, WA | November 2019 I don’t play golf, but for me living on a fairway could be just the thing. It’s a green expanse I don’t have to mow. People dress nicely in pastels. Cart paths lead to the clubhouse bar. Too highfalutin? No worries. Golf courses in eastern Washington…
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Cones | Wenatchee, WA | November 2019 The man flagged me down in the parking lot and said, “Hey, there were cones back there! Didn’t you see the cones?” Yes, I saw the cones. I ignored them because they weren’t doing any of their regular cone jobs — to warn, to guide, to delineate. They…
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Liftoff | Wenatchee, WA | October 2019 What’s alive in our lives — dog, horse, friends, family, each other — expanded years ago to include a surprise addition: Canada geese. They honk in the sky; they poop on the ground; they strut on our periphery, a presence just out of reach. Located along their Pacific…
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Sea Life X-rays | Seattle, WA | October 2019 The tiny ad in the back of comic books promised the x-ray glasses could see through clothes. I ordered a pair for $1.99. “Give ’em a try, honey, but you might be disappointed,” said my Mom. “Naked people can be a letdown.” Months went by before…
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Lab Desk | Seattle, WA | October 2019 A priest once told me that what’s on a desk reveals what’s in the soul. His desk was crowded with Brazilian statues of a tortured Christ — nails piercing hands, thorns spiking eyeballs, guts spilling from the spear wound. Years later, another supervisor had a display of…
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Sofa | Seattle, WA | October 2019 Reverie | To replay my last dream, I sit on the sofa. It relaxes me into a meditative state where I can control the dream’s flow — rewind, freeze frame — to better interpret the message. All I see for many minutes is an undulating sea, ocean swells…
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