Yesterday I sat in the sun for hours doing nothing. Literally. Nothing. Not reading, writing, photo-ing, thinking. Just sitting. It was a huge change of pace for me, some time for meditation, some time to recharge. I then ran around Cottage Grove capturing some of the little details that make it such a sweet place. [...]
Sometimes I come across other people’s photos of Sutro Baths that just stop me in my tracks. It’s like finding a stack of photos of your lover taken by someone else. That you like. :) An SF photog named Julie Canudo posted some today to the Sutro fan page I admin on Facebook, and I [...]
Have you seen the show Hoarders? It’s fascinating — the wild extreme of American materialism. Homes literally caving beneath the weight of accumulated objects. Teetering piles, abandoned rooms, plumbing shut off for years, goats eating through walls. It gets pretty gothic. The show brings in family members, psychiatrists, organization experts, and a crew of junk-removal [...]
Recently I realized that I’ve been in Seattle long enough to give directions by where something used to be — it’s across the street from where Cha Cha’s was. When people ask where I live I often say “on the grave of Thumpers“, and they know what I mean. Usually. Many years ago I became [...]