at the top

at the top

mount shasta Originally uploaded by cygnoir Mt. Shasta looms beside the I-5, so I snapped some photos of it on our drive home from Portland. I have never climbed a mountain. I am not terribly interested in the idea of climbing a mountain. Some time in my thirties I gave up on the idea of doing things I wasn’t terribly interested in doing for the sake of saying I had done them. Still, when I awkwardly aimed my phone at this massive landmark, I wondered what it would be like at the top. Because of this wondering, I won’t rule out the possibility that I might want to climb a mountain...

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Posted on 2 Nov 2009 | 10 comments

soon

soon

rainroof Originally uploaded by cygnoir We really, really needed that trip to Portland. We needed that shot of optimism, that reminder that grouchiness is not a persistent state of ours, and that it is possible to fall in love with a city again. Because we are active vacationers, I didn’t document the trip as it was happening, but there are plenty of photos and notes to share. Soon. Soon: that word of promise. I love it; I need...

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Posted on 1 Nov 2009 | Comments Off