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Street Scenes

October 28, 2008

My periscope breaches the surface in Northeast Portland and takes in the outside world:

Larry the trash hauler introduces himself when he sees me photographing the Halloween decorations on his truck, which blocks my car on NE 11th Avenue. Until now we’ve been on a wave only basis. Larry poses for the camera and without prompting bemoans how his truck isn’t as gussied up for the holiday as it usually is. “Wait til Christmas,” he says. “You’ll see a big Santa instead of this little witch. Read More

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Portland in Snapshots

October 9, 2008

Four street scenes all within fifty yards of NE 15th and Fremont, expose Portland’s big beating quirky heart:
The first to catch my eye in a thirty-second span is a hand-painted sign on a rickety weathered fence: We Love People. Another sign, this one on a post outside a Starbucks, had read: No Skate Boarding. Someone [...]

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Can-collecting movie star

June 7, 2008

I see her every day, part of the movie flickering past my window.
Driving an electric scooter chair, she talks to herself, occasionally gesturing as if stressing a point. The woman is among a cast featuring bicyclists galore, women carrying yoga mats, kids chattering to and from school, a United Nations of leashed dogs, and speeding [...]

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