Category: Portfolios
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Sage Trunk | East Wenatchee, WA | April 2019 A retail clerk — a woman of about 65 — told me her husband died last year. “At first, it was hard,” she said. “I found myself drifting.” But she soon discovered that a lack of direction allowed her to grow in any direction. Now she
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Roof Lines | East Wenatchee, WA | April 2019 I imagine the messy existence of one workman who bolts together steel buildings. Money problems. Wife woes. Extreme body aches. All day, he pieces together the straight-line enclosures that shelter other lives, ordered and precise. He must dream of
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Kayaks | Chelan, WA | May 2019 [Oops. Yesterday many of you received a notification email for this blog post by mistake — one day early, like a glimpse into the future. Well, here it is again. The photo is the same. The commentary has been changed slightly.] Some people, possessions and situations enable us…
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Evening Sky | Wenatchee, WA | April 2019 The near and known stay sharp; the far and unfamiliar less focused. Clouds (goals, decisions, purposes) keep moving, changing shape, their final forms uncertain. The night is
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Water | East Wenatchee, WA | February 2019 Taoists find numerous life lessons in water. It seeks low spaces, avoiding acclaim. It flows around obstacles, yet dissolves boulders. It pools serenely, surface like glass, awaiting the
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Umbrella | Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Some consider the umbrella a sign of weakness, particularly in the drippy Pacific Northwest. (“Rain? What rain?”) But I own several. Being damp or sun-scorched (as in photo) isn’t my idea of paradise. Plus, I consider the umbrella a boundary-setting device, especially on city streets. It establishes a
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Camp Chair | Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 The history of fold-up camp chairs seems darned short. Just a few years ago, a smattering of camp chairs dotted a few backyards. A month later, they had taken over the world with dozens of brands and scores of designs. Now everybody has
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Window Abstract | Wenatchee, WA | May 2019 Reflections in store windows are puzzling enough. But mental reflection — hoo boy — overlays time, memory and emotions into complex compilations that obscure, reveal and tantalize. For instance: Yesterday, a worm on a downtown sidewalk triggered a decades-old memory of
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View Through Screen | Asheville, NC | April 2019 Don’t undervalue the screened porch. Sure, we appreciate that it lets air in and keeps bugs out. But the best benefit is how it softly filters the outside world. Everything — dogwood blooms, bird chirps, kid laughter — seems slightly distant, blurred or muffled. Perfect. Now…
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