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Days of Fog and Mist

While much of the country is blanketed in snow and ice, Oregon is wearing its winter blanket of fog and mist. It’s a changeable palette, with the light varying from moment to moment. Even with the wind howling and the rain pelting down, it’s lovely. Hard to photograph, but lovely. This time of year, the […]

January 24, 2016

Steps

Recently at the theater I found myself struck by a particularly 2016 phenomenon. Every time the audience lifted their hands to clap, hundreds of Fitbit wristbands suddenly glowed in the darkness. We’ve become a society enamored of measuring things. We carry and wear devices that track what we eat, where we walk, what we spend, […]

January 18, 2016

A Different Kind of Christmas Tree

There’s a very old Christmas carol that I love. I learned it as a child but rarely hear as an adult. The holly and the ivy When they are both full grown Of all the trees that are in the wood The holly bears the crown        Growing up where I did most […]

December 20, 2015

Perfect Failure

  Over the course of the past year, I’ve watched a lot of kid sports. Not just the games but the practices. Hours of drills and instruction, running laps and coaches working to keep the attention of easily distracted kids and teens. It has been surprisingly interesting. I didn’t play sports as a kid. There […]

December 13, 2015

Randomgrams – November 2015

Random shots from several elevations and one Instagram account. Snow has returned to Mt Hood.  Fall carpet. This is the foliage of some sort of tree… but doesn’t it look like something Lady GaGa would wear? The view over Iceland.  All photos taken by me, with an iPhone.

November 30, 2015

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