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Monthly Archives: May 2003

Looking

Saturday, May 17, 2003

My mind is wandering. I’m sitting down at Bauhaus, staring out the window at the traffic. A reflection shifts across the window and my eyes automatically refocus; so now I’m staring at the window instead of through it. I space out for another couple of moments. Then I begin to recollect my thoughts, and my [...]

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Dogs

Friday, May 16, 2003

The name on the stubby-tailed dog’s tag is Dagwood. Dagwood is shy of the fluffier, one blue-eyed / one brown-eyed friend who’s been racing up and down the sidewalk, stopping short each time he reaches the curb. Dagwood hangs close to his owner, who is chatting with friends and intently rolling a cigarette. She looks [...]

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Because

Friday, May 16, 2003

Four pairs of photos from the last few days – not because it’s Friday, just because.

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Grandpa

Thursday, May 15, 2003

It was my grandpa’s birthday, probably his 89th or 90th. One of his gifts was a mug with his nickname printed across it. For a time in the twenties he had been a boxer, and for reasons that I’m not aware of, he fought under a pseudonym, Jeff. (I was named after him. I was [...]

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First They’re Yellow

Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Another tourist, I think Fiona said she was a German girl, was searching for a word. She asked Fiona, “What do you call the flowers that are yellow, and then they’re white, and they go ‘Poof!’” Dandelions. After remembering the anecdote, Fiona picked a dandelion and blew away the dandelion fluff. To my confusion, this [...]

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Shutter Happy

Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Lake Washington The last shot I took with my old camera seems to be foreshadowing. I got my new camera today and headed out to give it a test drive. Strangers everywhere were giving me advice – where I should go because I was obviously a tourist, what I should take a picture of. I [...]

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Rising

Saturday, May 10, 2003

Two helium-inflated balloons that someone has released: Each balloon trails a shimmering ribbon behind it. The balloons aren’t tied together, but they rise together. The wind blows them to the east, over Alaskan Way and then over the city. The green balloon moves steadily upward; and the red balloon keeps apace for a time, swaying [...]

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Adjacent

Friday, May 9, 2003

Seattle Aquarium Chinese Room, Smith Tower A couple of photos in lieu of a larger gallery. I’m going to stop posting a regular Friday gallery in favor of posting photos with the usual text entries more often and irregularly posted galleries.

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Every Time

Sunday, May 4, 2003

Every time someone gets up, he or she will shed a scrap of paper without noticing – maybe not every time he stands up, but definitely every time he stands up and “goes” somewhere. It’s a known fact. Going to the bathroom? Going outside? Going to the car? Going down the hall or across a [...]

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Here, Now

Saturday, May 3, 2003

There’s one barista who sometimes asks me what books I’ve been reading lately. Last time I asked him what he’d been reading, he said, “I haven’t reading very much fiction in a while,” in kind of a defensive tone. Today he was wearing a dark blue t-shirt with a picture of the galaxy on the [...]

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