Rehearsals are late in the day, and the drive home is in the dark. Yesterday, took a wonderful back route, over the hills and through the trees on a 2 lane road. [An amazing attribute of Portland is the West Side of town with it’s wooded areas covering the hills.] Arrived at the top of …
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Fog
This was an experience that I haven’t encountered in a looong time. Driving in fog the density of pea soup. At night. I forget what it feels like and how the headlights bounce off the walls of the fog and oncoming cars are distorted by their lights and the middle lines fall away as do …
The Silence
At night, upon my bed: no sirens, no one talking and walking under my window, no bottles being collected, no trash collection, no free-lance recyclers going through the bags, no beeping horns, no dogs barking, no bright lights. How do I ever sleep?
A New Span
All of another sudden, a new bridge span. The last ‘new bridge’ #11 crossing the Willamette River opened in 1973. This one will open in 2015. It is for all traffic but cars. The span is visually beautiful. I am having trouble finding a good picture of what it looks like at present… but the …
All of a Sudden!
Driving along, thinking my own thoughts, minding my own business and I look to the right out the passenger side window, and there it is, Mount Hood, an arms length away! Like a singular alp mountain, just rising up before your eyes. It is hard to describe, except imagine, driving down the road and suddenly …
In A Visit to
two different malls, and I have not encountered a Salvation Army bell ringer. Are they to be seen and heard somewhere?
I’m One…
… of those, who speak of the weather more than religion and politics. It happens in such a short time!
The State I’m In?
courtesy of last week’s new yorker. who told them.
The View from My Bedroom Window
Now how beautiful is that. This is early morning at the crack of dawn.
It’s the Truth.
Portland, is composed of counties, and one of those counties is Multnomah County. This county is a leader when it comes to rules and regulations relating to the environment. In Multnomah County plastic bags – the grocery store variety – are illegal. So I have discovered, there is an underground market in these bags. They …