Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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This is such a sweet view of the southern Willamette Valley, and just a 20-minute drive and 10-minute walk to get there, there being a hiking trail that winds to the top of Mount Pisgah (actually more of a hill). Going to the top reveals the sweep of the Cascade Mountains, but I’m partial lately…
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Canadian artist Emily Carr, with whom I’m recently smitten, wasn’t necessarily appreciated in her home town, Victoria British Columbia. She was part of a Canadian artistic vanguard in the early 20th century, embracing modernism and moving away from strictly representational art. They loved her work in Toronto. Her neighbors often scratched their heads. She expressed…
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The Heceta Head lighthouse is one of 11 on the Oregon coast. Most still functioning as navigation aids. Heceta has a Fresnel lens, an amazing bit of glass magic invented by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel and in use around the world since the 1820s, about 200 years ago. There’s no knowing how many lives his…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 