Category: travel
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A monorail over a river connecting three towns in Germany is a thing I didn’t start the day knowing about.. Built in 1901 and still operational. About 80,000 people ride it daily. And architects who dig on the intersection of humans and structures, even moving ones, explain it. You don’t have to listen to them;…
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I really wanted to see the Johnson Street Bridge spanning Victoria Harbor raised. A massive steel thing going up in the air, smooth as thought. It’s saying “come on in” to the big boats, the tall-masted sailboats, the working tugs, the industrial, the commercial, the research vessels, sliding past at the harbor’s narrowest point. I’m…
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I know these blossoms look lilac-y. That’s my dang phone camera. One of my genius photographer pals could fix it in a minute. Nevertheless. This is how you know spring isn’t kidding around in the Willamette Valley — it’s firmly settled in. Amazing meadows full of camas: think cerulean down here where you can touch…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 