Tag: black and white
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Board Fence | East Wenatchee, WA | 2018 “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and
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3 Trees | Twisp, WA | 2018 Summer 2018 will be remembered in North Central Washington as a season lost in smoke. An arc of lightning-caused wildfires shrouded many areas — including Twisp, Mazama, Omak, Wenatchee and other towns — under a smothering blanket of … >cough< … airborne particulates. Many residents sought a more
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Worker Housing | Pateros, WA | 2017 Orchard workers I’ve known have been resigned to living in close quarters with fellow fruit pickers. Not luxurious digs, but not dirty and dilapidated either. (Although some must certainly be subpar.) A roof, a bed, communal bathrooms and heat on chilly autumn mornings are all that
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Singularity | Walla Walla, WA | 2017 Many faiths teach that we are All One, but I’m not so sure. My experience has been that we are all very separate from each other and only occasionally — rarely, in fact — make deep and meaningful connections with fellow human beings. Many of us, however, do…
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Houseboats | Kennewick, WA | 2017 “Seeing all life in perfect symmetry. Perceiving each day with righteous clarity. Living each moment
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Riverboat | Kennewick, WA | 2017 Small trips — maybe across town or to a nearby city — can often deliver rewards larger than, say, a week in Waikiki. In fact, if you keep expectations low, a small adventure can yield big surprises. Last year, we canceled a trip to Hawaii (high costs, big crowds)…
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Toaster | Seattle, WA | 2017 “But the toaster was quite satisfied with itself, thank you. Though it knew from magazines that there were toasters who could toast four slices at a time, it didn’t think that its master, who lived alone and seemed to have few friends, would have wanted
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Asparagus | East Wenatchee, WA | 2017 “Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best. Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as a form of holiday. In the Netherlands the first cutting coincides with
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Biking Dune | Trinidad, WA | 2017 The kid couldn’t have been more than 12 years old, yet he was a master of mountain biking. He tirelessly pedaled, braked, sledded and soared on the dune, clearly intent on etching his presence across every patch of sand. I wanted to ask him why, but he
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Drain | East Wenatchee, WA | 2017 A tiny black ant scouts for meaning and purpose — OK, maybe food — on the vast porcelain bowl of our bathroom sink. The faucet emits one drop of water every six seconds, which — if timed perfectly — is enough to wash the ant down the drain.…
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