Digging through notes of last summer’s tour in preparation for next week’s adventure down the Pacific Coast from Aptos to ?? (wherever I end up?) On August 21, 2010, I rode north through Victoria, BC toward Sidney, where I intended to nab a ferry. I took the Galloping Goose Trail, which brought me, at some [...]
Continue ReadingMy Father, the Fish Monster
Daddy smelled like fish. That was the fact of it. He reeked of 15 million pounds of salmon – the ocean dumped out and left to warm and rot on the floor of the processing plant. He worked on the docks of Seattle, processing the shiny, glimmering corpse-bodies until they were racked in tidy filets, [...]
Continue ReadingBlue Bucket Gratitude
I think of the blue bucket every time I step into the shower. I have a claw-foot tub. Romantic, but probably impractical. There’s no wall to hold onto and the sunlight slips through the sheer white shower curtains on the rare morning when Portland lets me remember what it is to be bathed in light. [...]
Continue ReadingSweetie-Pie Songs to Stick in Your Ear
I’ve been spending a lot of time listening to and searching through music lately for a project I’m working on with a client. It was a dreamy way to spend a few weeks and solidified my status as a helpless musical romantic. Stick these in your headphones and sway a little. Think of sunshine and [...]
Continue ReadingAll in a Day’s Work – 15 Hours in Bend, Oregon
5:00am: Wakeup call. Yes, get out of bed. You won’t regret it later. 5:00 – 6:00am: Start working. Drink a preliminary cup of coffee. Put on your puffer jacket. 6:00 -7:30am: Go to Thump Coffee and work. Then go back to the apartment to grab something and get ready for a meeting. Watch the sun [...]
Continue ReadingThe Risks of Growing Up Swift
My family is a tough lot. We’re a little rough around the edges. My father is a big man with a heart of gold and a sometimes unquiet mind. (We’ve lived with his bi-polar disorder for so many years now it kind of seems normal.) My mother is an energetic woman with a penchant for [...]
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