Biplane | Seattle, WA | 2017
The Japanese man stood at the top of the escalator staring at the plane hanging from the airport ceiling. He fixated on it while people streamed around him. Two minutes, five minutes, gaze locked on the historic aircraft dangling before him. A family rushed past, and a little girl (more…)
Palm Trunk | Jennings, LA | 2017
A storm sheared the fronds off this palm tree and left a bald stalk. I know the feeling. My own head had a similar fate when I decided a few weeks earlier to crop my hair close to the scalp for the first time in my adult life. Heck, I was pretty much bald anyway. But I found it surprisingly exhilarating to be (more…)
Smoke | Entiat, WA | 2017
We’ve been robbed of prime-time summer these last few years. Wildfires here and beyond have smothered our perfect weather (August-September) under a blanket of smoke. Sadly, it’s curtailed much outdoor recreation. Residents blame climate change, forest mismanagement, increased lightning, and crazy people (more…)
Motel Mirror | Seattle, WA | 2017
As a kid, I wasn’t allowed to watch “The Outer Limits.” So I hid one night behind the sofa and viewed an episode about a monster that lived in a mirror. It would rise from below the frame, reach with clacking claws through the glass into our world and … well, you know. Five decades later, I’m still wary of mirrors and their magic. Any framed reflection seems like a portal to another world. Particularly creepy are (more…)
Gus | Amite, LA | 2017
“Dogs are minor angels … They love unconditionally, forgive immediately, are the truest of friends, willing to do anything that makes us happy. If we attributed those qualities to a person, we would say they are special. If they had ALL of them, we would call them angelic. When you think about it, what are the things that we most like in another human being? Many times those qualities are seen in our dogs every single day. We’re just so used to them that we pay no attention.”
— American author Jonathan Carroll
(Blogger’s Note: I’m on the road this week and am relying on quotes from artists, authors and scientists to complement my photos.)
Blonde | Las Vegas, NV | 2017
“There are blondes and there are blondes … There is the small cute blonde who cheeps and twitters, and the big statuesque blonde who straight-arms you with an ice-blue glare … There is the soft and willing blonde who doesn’t care what she wears as long as it’s (more…)
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