I’ve always loved the Dan Frye warehouse–built in the late 1800’s. I could always imagine it converted to something wonderful (studios came to mind…) but the city has always seen it as an eyesore. It and the White Seed building are the only two remaiining buildings on the riverfront that relate to the way Salem […]
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The grocery store saga continues…
I DO live a short walk from two stores and here they are: So move closer to the one nice grocery store??? It’s a peninsula surrounded on three sides by 4 to 6 lane roads: Hmmm. Hmmmm. Move to Portland??
BE MINE
From the valentine archive:
CAR WASH
I really love the car wash–they hitch me up and then I start taking photos which come out different every time. This time they seemed kind of dreamy and abstract:
Monday morning–an aventura
Monday DOES roll around… and this one was a surprise. Just as we were packing up it began to snow great big hanky-sized flakes: By the time we were ready, it was really sticking: but we headed out of town: 17 miles of winter wonderland to the top of the coast range: then down into […]
Weekend: the short version.
Friday, Portland, home of pretty coffees: Sunny beach Saturday morning: Saturday dinner at the cosmic cottage: Sunday, bridge drive to Newport:
Over at Kay’s Today…
I was over at Kay’s today and she’s been making some tables. the first one uses some levels for legs and yard sticks for edging: Table number 2 has plain legs and a painted top: She’s kind of a cottage industry these days–the whole kitchen is the workshop but there is still one small spot […]
Harry Widman: The Gala
Friday night was the opening of the Harry Widman retrospective, “Harry Widman: Image, Myth, and Modernism,” at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem. The show is wonderful and will be up until March 29, 2009–go take a look. The Hallie Ford Museum is located at 700 State Street in Salem, easy find at […]
Where I’ve been
Just off on one of those mid-winter surgical cruises. First they showed me to my room and gave me some interesting footwear. The last thing I saw before the ship pulled out: The knee is healing nicely and blogging should resume next week!
January 20, 2009
Oh wonderful beautiful day. How much all the faces watching the inauguration know that Bush has wrecked us, that we need help. Aretha Franklin, Elizabeth Alexander, the man himself. Michelle with her nuanced looking around, her quick smile. Real people, at last, in the White House. A moment to be savored no matter your color […]
On The Way 