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Monthly Archives: July 2002

Selfish

Robert called earlier, frustrated about his slow progress at reading lessons, hungry and broke, and feeling lonesome. I told him I could meet him in the park and give him some money for a burger, but that I couldn’t visit with him. Robert was standing at the corner watching my door when I went out [...]

Seattle’s Diverse News Sources

Seattle’s two daily papers printed the same AP photos on their front pages and their sports pages today.

Sentence Fragments

The foliage rising up from the sudden drop-off beside the one-lane dead-end gravel road. The car, its trunk open, leaning over the ledge at a forty-five degree angle, no tires touching the ground. The driver standing in the road, stunned. The hikers, hopeful Samaritans, verifying that their cell phones are also getting no signal. The [...]

The Watch

The small hand on my watch sweeps around the watchface at twice the speed of the Earth’s rotation. There’s a tiny window cut out of the watchface; it’s only a few millimeters across. It’s next to the “3″ printed on the watchface. The numbers one through thirty-one are printed next to the outside edge of [...]

Orcas Island Photos

Photos from the Orcas Island trip. Exploring the tide-pool, we found some very interesting creatures as well some creatures that we were happy to leave to the sea. (Most of) The stunning 360 view from the top of “Mt.” Constitution. Also, click through the horizon photos for June 24 – June 27.