A minimalist archive, moments in time.
Shanghai this week, and today ran from high above Lujiazui down to river level. From up in the tower you look down on the Oriental Pearl — down, which takes a…
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Lujiazui first, up one of the towers after dark — the Oriental Pearl's spire sitting below eye level from up there, which takes a second to accept, and the…
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Didn't go anywhere tonight — just out to the back patio to watch the sun drop behind the ridge, which is what early September is good for here in San Marcos.…
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Out on the lagoon trail in Carlsbad in the afternoon — everything up on the ridge is browned off now, the brush crackling dry along both sides of the path.…
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A few slow August days down in San Marcos, in north San Diego County, and the main event today was bathtime for the dogs. The tub here is a big oval soaking…
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Up to Napa Valley for the day. The whole valley sat under a layer of haze — the sky went white at the edges and the hills across the vineyards looked flatter…
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Seattle for the day, and the main event was the Spheres — the three interlocking glass domes at Amazon's headquarters, 2111 7th Avenue along Lenora. They only…
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The late July trip, Chicago end of it first. From up high you can look straight down on Millennium Park — the Bean a silver blob on its plaza, the trellis…
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A work offsite put us in Bellevue, and the group part of it happened at the ropes course in Eastgate Park, up the hill from the South Bellevue Community…
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Fourth of July on the water this year. We put in the morning at the lake, which was flat and mostly empty early on — one paddleboarder way out in the middle…
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