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Monthly Archives: July 2003

Plumbing

Wednesday, July 16, 2003

Irrigation water was for sprinklers. But if kids were going to run around in the sprinklers, then you’d want to use house water. (Did we call it house water or well water?) . . .

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Canoeing

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

Daniel shared a canoe with my mom and me. He wore Mickey Mouse ears tilted at a jaunty angle, like a beret. My sister Karen crinkled her nose at the swampy foliage and told us, “There were cat tails growing in my lawn. Isn’t that weird?”

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Shadows

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

The Can of Spam buildings

Lake Washington Blvd.

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Christopher Columbus

Sunday, July 13, 2003

I saw this statue when I was a kid and I thought it was just the weirdest thing. Is that really what Christopher Columbus looked like? He didn’t have a hole through his head!

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Waving

Saturday, July 12, 2003

I talk to Jesse in the hallway as I’m leaving. I hold the door open and he wheels his chair outside and over to the van that’s waiting for him at the curb. The driver says hello and helps Jesse onto the wheelchair lift. Our conversation trails off as Jesse gets himself [...]

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Lake Washington Blvd.

Saturday, July 12, 2003

There’s a little park under the Seattle end of the I-90 bridge. The bridge pylons dampen the sound of the traffic (unseen from the park) into a steady soothing rumble.

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New & Umproved

Thursday, July 10, 2003

Hey, look: a new layout. I thought it was about time that I brought out a brighter palette. There’s even an RSS feed now, and a less than helpful About page.

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Gasworks Park

Tuesday, July 8, 2003

Photos from Gasworks Park.

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A Wallingford Thing

Monday, July 7, 2003

They were hanging off the boat-car, waving their swords aloft, just the way any of us would if we were dressed as pirates and hanging off the side of a boat that was driving up 45th Street.

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Horizon 500

Sunday, July 6, 2003

Around the corner, on the website of your favorite study in light, water, and obsessive-compulsive behavior, I’ve posted the last daily(-ish) Horizon photo.

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