Category: Portfolios
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Sapling | Wenatchee, WA | December 2019 Garden Wall #1 | “Until you dig a hole, until you plant a tree, until you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done
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Old Truck | Twisp, WA | December 2019 What America needs, says my thoughtful friend, is a portable furnace that can render abandoned farm equipment into recycled steel. Hundreds of millions of tons of old, unused metal equipment line ranch roads and fill work sheds. “Why not melt ‘em into manhole covers?” he asks. “Or…
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Cupped Moon | East Wenatchee, WA | December 2019 We’ve witnessed the sun’s power these last few nights. Light reflected off a waxing gibbous moon (in photo) has illuminated low clouds and brightened the neighborhood to near daytime levels. Beautiful, yes, because things glow. And not-so-beautiful because the glow highlights yard debris that we hoped…
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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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