Category: Recently Observed
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Trees | Moses Lake, WA | August 2019 “I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. / A tree that looks at God all day and lifts her leafy arms to pray / A tree that may in summer wear a nest of
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Salmon | Wenatchee, WA | August 2019 There’s no better lesson in fulfilling one’s purpose than to stand mesmerized at a salmon observation window. The huge fish, many ragged from their journeys upriver, swim with a determination rarely seen in daily life. Every muscle propels them to
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Bull | Omak, WA | August 2019 Rodeo #3 | I recently leaped from a low ladder and rattled my bones and brain. No injuries, but during my one-second freefall I realized I had not left Earth under my own power in quite sometime. No jumps to grab a tree branch. No belly-flops into a…
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Raindrops | Omak, WA | August 2019 Rodeo #2 | Drizzle intensifies the scent of lariats, leather and livestock. As one female rodeo fan yelled, “Hoo-wee! Do I smell wet cowboy?” Bronc busters and bull riders aren’t fazed, of course, by sporadic sprinkles. When you’re straddling a 1,500-pound dynamo, rain and the resulting aromas are
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Trick Rider | Omak, WA | August 2019 Rodeo #1 | As the self-proclaimed King of Caution, I’m fascinated by those who take risks. What compels a person to skydive, rock climb, bungee jump, chain smoke or gulp that first bite of a neurotoxin-laced pufferfish? I understand about laughing in the face of death —…
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Cow Art | Ellensburg, WA | August 2019 I don’t usually feature other people’s artwork in this blog. But I like the placement of a painted fiberglass cow in the crux of brickwork. It’s a good reminder that vast areas of sameness — urban sprawl, desert landscapes, routine office tasks, reality TV shows — often…
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Hallway | Eunice, LA | July 2019 Light often illuminates the darkest spaces in the most interesting ways. Sun rays bounced off a mirror and through two doorways to reach this interior wall. Says Ingo Maurer, a German industrial designer and artist, “Light can be sensual. It can be comforting. It can even be
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Leaf | East Wenatchee, WA | August 2019 With chlorophyll gone, this leaf’s true face emerged bright red and beautiful. It was always there, but hidden behind the green facade of photosynthesis. Buddhists refer to such a countenance as the original face, the one worn as an infant before society’s imprint. That face in adults…
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Arc | Wenatchee, WA | August 2019 We all stand at the intersection of multiple arcs. For example: Life span (I’m on the downward slope), knowledge (climbing steadily), health (maintaining with effort). At a single point on the curve, however, it’s easy to forget that
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Horse Eye | East Wenatchee, WA | June 2019 Equine workings must delight mechanical engineers. Sensors (eyes, ears, nose) in the head, fuel processor (stomach, intestines) in the torso, conveyors (legs) underneath — a big, beautiful, living machine in which
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