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August 31, 2009

love & loss
02:17 PM

"Wonderful relationships are an inevitable source of pain. Playwright Oscar Wilde said life has two tragedies: one is not getting your heart's desire and the other is getting it. Wilde thought the latter was worse because it's always a disappointment...Even a beloved, considerate partner will profoundly disappoint you at times. But there's a larger issue: deeper pain lies ahead if your partner doesn't disappoint you. It's not the utilitarian or "bad" [relationships] that are so hard to bear, it's the really good ones that break your heart. Having a profoundly good [relationship] means the vulnerability of having more to lose."

-David Schnarch, author of Passionate Marriage



August 26, 2009


in brightest day...
11:41 PM

For me, it has been almost 40 years since Hal Jordan was plucked from his flight simulator and transported to the dying alien whose ring chose him from all of the inhabitants of the Earth to become the next Green Lantern.

Green Lantern: First Flight captures that thrill and translates it into today's oeuvre. Bravo to DC and everyone who has had a hand in creating this unexpected treasure.

All of these years later, I was still able to recite the oath from memory.




August 23, 2009


moments from an amazing summer: a collage of pictures and words
10:42 AM

2009 06 christopher in hoody bandon needles.jpg

Lips Like Sugar, Face Rock, Thai Thai, Afternoon Delight, Station Agent, Uncle Doug's bbq, halibut from heaven, topless in the morning sun, couch gift.


2009 07 christopher keller fountain before rent.jpg

Wai Ching silk dress, Rent, Heathman sazerac and creme bulee.

2009 07 pork chop amid stuffed toys.jpg

Paw prints on the towel rack under the bathroom window, NYC Library lions, retaining wall catwalk, mothhunter.


2009 07 willamette river from goat island looking south.jpg

Kayak paddles dipping in the dark water, powering around another bend, Grape Propel, turkey wrap on Goat Island, ferry keys for teenage girls, West Linn boat ramp.

2009 08 cape falcon beach house.jpg

The original great room, creaky floors, crab cocktail, dark sea foam from Bruce's Candy Kitchen, late night card games, Falcon Cove spread below, sword ferns, lower branches casualties of Pacific ferocity.


2009 08 cape falcon path beach grass.jpg

Mountain goat path, frayed rope, promise of surf and sea life.


2009 08 cape falcon climb on rocks in mist.jpg

Stepping through the rocks, green anemones peeking out through the tidal pools, salty broth, edge of the infinite.


2009 08 cape falcon late night reading.jpg

Dining room table dessert, glass cocoon hanging above the waves, pages turning in the quiet.


2009 08 falcon cove beach.jpg

KJ galloping madly through the surf, trio of Japanese middle aged men with 20 foot fishing poles, around the cape from Short Sands.


2009 08 bread and ink christopher julianne alicia.jpg

Bread & Ink coconut-melon soup, visiting professor gypsy life, hula meets ballroom, sorting out the wreckage, LC/DAT alumni.


2009 07 red roses from my front yard.jpg

Silky perfume, mantle stage, soaker hose, thorn in the skin, Portland fruit.




from my lawyer friend, rob:
09:10 AM

"I don't think justice is blind, but it's a little hard of hearing, has a limp, and certain hidden prejudices."



 

 

 

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