Yet another entry in my “abandoned dolls” series, this time a two-fer: The arms and legs were for sale, $3 each, at Collage, a Portland crafts store where our upstairs neighbor works (hi, Sonya!). When our neighbor spotted me waxing enthusiastic over the body parts, she pointed out how some of the limbs seemed to be burned,Continue reading “Photo blog 87”
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Photo blog 86
Not that everyone’s really all that curious, but you know that love story from my grandmother that I used as last week’s Writer’s Notebook? Well, this is what those two looked like early in their marriage (I don’t have a precise date, but this is sometime in the `50s): I asked my Grandma about thisContinue reading “Photo blog 86”
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Photo blog 84
A new entry in my “abandoned dolls” series, though this doll wasn’t technically abandoned or “homeless” — her “mama” was playing nearby. For the other photos in the series, see below: Related articles Photo blog 66 (snoekbrown.com) Photo blog 21 (snoekbrown.com) Photo blog 9 (snoekbrown.com)
Photo blog 83
“Oh, how my momma needs a comma.*” Punctuation art at the Jeld-Wen Field stop on the Portland MAX line, Portland, OR, 28 May 2012. My wife and I went out to the Rose Gardens in Portland for Memorial Day. On our way home, we transferred from the bus to the MAX light rail, and I spotted theseContinue reading “Photo blog 83”
Photo blog 82
Photo blog 81
For this week’s Photo blog, I’m going to do something a little different. I’m going to tell you a story, as it was told to me, in pictures (and you’ll have to excuse my phone’s poor-quality camera): Sometimes, when cities need to keep track of where they’ve buried their cables, they’ll paint little white symbolsContinue reading “Photo blog 81”
My Dutch book is here!
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I’d been contacted by a Dutch editor about including one of my photos in Droomonderduik, a Dutch book she was editing. I agreed, and in exchange, she offered to send me a copy of the book when it was out. Today, by international mail, the book arrived!Continue reading “My Dutch book is here!”
Photo blog 80
The thing I love best about this photo — and the reason I took it: Look directly above the big white “Friend” and you’ll find “poems or short books.” And those are friendly, indeed.
Droomonderduik: “Dream Hiding”
A few months back, I received an email from a Dutch editor. She’d seen one of my photos from the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, which I’d taken during our trip there back in 2010. The editor was working on a Dutch-language book about the zoo, and she wanted to include my photo in the book.Continue reading “Droomonderduik: “Dream Hiding””
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