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Voulas

A friend was visiting from London in January. I took him to a greasy spoon called Voulas Off Shore Café for breakfast. Carter hates the place and most other restaurants for the matter, so it gave me the opportunity to step out. This was the longshoreman’s breakfast split in half. It is a classic Seattle hangout. I am amazed how…

April 9, 2024Celebrations, London, Musings, Odds and Ends, Seattle

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Box Seats

Yes turning 70 brought on a lot of thought for me too. It truly felt like the time to quit working, unless you’re running for president or some other political office. But it brought on more reflection than turning 50 or 60. And yes, a big look back at the journey I have been on. And while I don’t have…

February 13, 2024Celebrations, Musings, Odds and Ends

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Life’s Journey

We don’t do much for Christmas and New Year’s. Sometimes we have friends for Christmas dinner, but this year I am thinking dinner for two. Often on New Year’s Eve we would have a little gathering by the fire, and I make something special like gumbo or if I am lazy, chili. Something you can eat by the fire. I…

December 14, 2023Celebrations, Musings, Odds and Ends

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Icing on the Cake

Your travels with Howard sound like they were fun. We don’t travel any more. Carter needs a walker and has limited mobility. Even a day trip in the car would be an effort for him. I haven’t been on a plane since 2019. And not seriously traveled since going to Barcelona in 2012. I claim to not miss it, but…

October 18, 2023architecture, Celebrations, Musings, Odds and Ends, Seattle

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at 70

Not feeling any older at the moment.

August 8, 2023Celebrations, Seattle

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Snubbed

Attached is the historic “I almost missed this shot” from opening night of Benaroya Hall in September of 1998. Another funny story about this image. The Symphony put out a nice book about the process of building Benaroya. Lots of old photos, lot of new photos and this image was the center spread image. I didn’t know about the book…

March 20, 2023architecture, Celebrations, Seattle

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Saved by the Bell

Man you were busy. But then weren’t we all back then? I sure remember sweating over shoots when things went south. This is the first Opening Night of Benaroya Hall in September of 1998. I was hired to make a portrait of the audience from the stage. I originally turned the job down. Partly because they had a low budget,…

March 1, 2023architecture, Celebrations, Musings, Odds and Ends

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At 90

Carter turned 90 last week. We had a little birthday party on Sunday. Had the most people in our house that day since before the pandemic. It was a nice event and everyone enjoyed themselves. It is hard for me to imagine what it is like to be 90 years old, or if I will ever make that far. But…

September 27, 2022Celebrations, Musings, Odds and Ends, Seattle

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See What You Are Missing?

Too bad you are not here to help me judge the Washington State High School Photography Competition this Saturday. It is something I have been involved with since 2006. I have been a judge on and off and this was to be an off year, but a judge bowed out for some reason and the director of the program, who…

May 5, 2022Celebrations, Musings, Odds and Ends, Seattle

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Large has Other Meanings

A photo friend of mine recently died and it has put me in a mood of sorts. We weren’t close friends, and he was older and had pretty serious health issues. But he was a really nice guy and someone I always thought of as a real treasure of the photo world. He started out shooting for the school newspaper…

April 22, 2022Celebrations, Portraits, Seattle