The photographer sets up a shot, Morgan Lake and Mt. Emily in the background, other family members in the foreground, only to step back into the composition without realizing that a shadow will be cast on the position he will occupy. Self-timed with an early low-res point ‘n’ shoot. Rediscovered today after being ignored, yet preserved, for over twenty years.
Looking up:
Looking down:
Reflecting:
People in passing:
A chance encounter, and invitation to meet her dog, Mixed-Breed Matt:
Truth is, I haven’t read this book. But Kim has, and has read me so many amazing excerpts, that I almost feel that I have, and can safely recommend it to others.
[rDay Seventeen-Hundred-Forty-Six]
For a number of years, I developed an end-of-year list of my favorite albums* for my music blog at https://eyeavenue.blogspot.com/. Over the years, particularly since my retirement from computer programming in 2015 and a concurrent much renewed emphasis on photography, time for music has been in short supply. Then, the move to the east side of the Cascade Curtain nearly two years ago with its commitment to a simplification of Life in General and ever-increasing … focus … on photography has compounded the squeeze. Ivi and I had intentions over the recent holidays to compare notes and explore current music, much like we had done in the past, but little opportunity materialized.
Nevertheless, just to mark the passing into 2020, I did work up a short list before breakfast today of a few of my favorite viewed/heard/read experiences of the past year (my past year; not necessarily when published/presented). Herewith, FWIW:
TV/Streaming Series
My Brilliant Friend (HBO, 2018)
Chernobyl (HBO, 2019)
Succession (HBO, 2019)
Sneaky Pete (Amazon Prime, 2015-2019)
__ Explained (Netflix, 2018-2019)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO, ongoing since 2014)
Movie
Little Women (2019, Greta Gerwig version)
Reads
These Truths (Jill Lepore, 2018)
Trick Mirror (Jia Tolentino, 2019)
The Fifth Risk (Michael Lewis, 2018)
How To Change Your Mind (Michael Pollan, 2018)
Music Album
Hollywood Africans (Jon Batiste, 2018)
(And listen to this 2018 interview.)
* Some of the lists from prior years:
https://eyeavenue.blogspot.com/2016/12/five-from-2016.html
https://eyeavenue.blogspot.com/2015/12/a-short-list-for-2015.html
https://eyeavenue.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-tentative-2014-list.html
https://eyeavenue.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-list-for-2013.html
https://eyeavenue.blogspot.com/2012/12/in-keeping-with-family-who-else-would.html
And the weather people say this:
July is the warmest month in Walla Walla, Washington, with an average high-temperature of 89.6°F (32°C) and an average low–temperature of 61.2°F (16.2°C).
I was so astonished by the reading that I stepped outside for a confirmation, and, yes, it was warm and windy — only two degrees away from the average July low.
Ignore that title. Just the usual overblown and silly medical exam angst … but it was augmented with the usual impressionist windshield photography:
Shot from the hip while crossing the intersection at Second and Alder:
Elsewhere downtown:
