Category: Portfolios
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Ferns | Cashmere, WA | May 2019 Urban Nature Series | One wonder of ferns is that they live a double life. The spore-making fronds we see along shady trails are their public face. Underneath are their alter egos — tiny heart-shaped plants called gametophytes that thrive hidden in
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At Roost | Twisp, WA | May 2019 Urban Nature Series | Ah, the joys of solitude. To sit solo and know alone does not mean lonely. Untethered, we can follow our own internal clocks — wake when ready, eat when hungry, pause whenever to ponder. We gaze
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Robin’s Egg | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Urban Nature Series | Promise comes in small packages. Tiny beings, big ideas, expansive feelings (acceptance, forgiveness) can drop from the sky. As always, I have
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Osprey | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Urban Nature Series | Our local raptors scout prey from atop power poles and fence posts. They’ve found perfect perches in a tree-deficient landscape. Plus, they hunt with nary a peep about civilization’s encroachment or ruined habitat. I wish I could adapt so well. My gym rearranged…
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Grills | Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 A grill master in Spain has received worldwide acclaim for his barbecued baby eels served on a bed of smoked seaweed. Me? I like hot dogs. Either way, food cooked over an open fire seems more gift than gastronomy. The recipe is in the cooking itself, straight from…
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Window Dressing | Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Manikins began to marry soon after the Great Emancipation of 2026. We’d place them side-by-side in a display window and, sure enough, in a day or two they’d be holding hands. Li’l Betty, our dummy for kids’ fashions, was asked to be ring bearer at the wedding…
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Palm | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Tropical is a state of mind. Wear a Hawaiian shirt and sandals while sipping mimosas under an electric palm and … well, it doesn’t matter if it’s 50 degrees outside with a threat of rain. What matters is that
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Chimney | Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Our closest encounter with a spirit-like form is likely the phenomenon of smoke. Ephemeral, intangible, airborne, smoke is evidence of transformation, a wispy connection between the solid and the vaporous. It certainly affects us — cough, cough — but can we affect it? A friend in my youth…
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Stream | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 A mental exercise to reduce stress asks us to imagine a perfect place, our sanctuary, in vivid detail. We’re directed to conjure a refuge of comforting sensations — such as touch (light breeze), sound (gurgling creek), smell (forest loam) — and then step into the scene to…
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Thorns | East Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Once in awhile, beauty makes you bleed. Climb mountains, sculpt marble, pick roses — you’re subject to pain and puncture all in the name of splendor. Most unsettling, though, are artful moments that prick your emotional poise. They slice through defenses, nick the heart, and can chafe…
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