• Sunset Sidehike •
“In the 20 years before I met Raul, most of my discussions about clouds were with my mother.
I remember watching thunderhead Cumulonimbus along the Jersey shore with her, eating ice cream at Carvel’s. I have vivid memories of talking with her as the odd Mammatus morphed and the sky turned ghostly green around us, driving home to get into the basement in Glen Ellyn. She told us about the tornado and why it was dangerous. At Pajaro, we watched the heavy low Cumulonimbus and joked about ‘Oregon Mist’ as it poured.
Once in Portland, she observed a ‘hopeful sky’ as one in which the clouds still had definition. (I still use that phrase.)
In the last five years, I’ve spent a lot of time talking to my Mom on my homeward commutes, hoping to find photo opportunities along the way. Tonight, a quick Sidehike diversion gave me another opportunity to say ‘my commute doesn’t suck’…
Here’s to hopeful skies and reflective sunsets.
Miles to go. Keep Moving.”
-G.
•Rainy Days And Mondays •
“What I’ve got they used to call the blues…”
Light and dark and motion somewhere between work and work (and I-405).
“Some days ask us questions, some days give us answers. Most days we live in the hinterlands between the two, and think about exploring".
Miles to go.
Keep Moving.
-G.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpwd2QAuMZnyYUyIHNxbjap1jTVS2UkSCWDkoc0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
•Signs Of Life •
“By Friday I had worked myself into a state of …well, being laden by memory and buffeted by grief. Residual grief, to be clear, but grief nonetheless. Friday had been three years since the death of my father. I keep replaying that morning, that moment.
Today I allowed myself to focus on beauty and even forced myself out on a sidehike in the fading light.
‘The raid is as long as it is, and grows no shorter with illumination.
Still, seek the light.’
Miles to go.
Keep Moving. “
—G. (at Seattle, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CpwOIdnMpyOSmeOcnAnLpucfgIU5ygtb7cXJ8s0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Last weekend on the Palouse…
I need to spend a day capturing barns out here.
Miles to go. Keep Moving. (at Colfax, Washington)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CowKl9ar0XmXPjIjx7ZPzEfroY37iLThJnt2oI0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
• Thoughts After •
“ I recently rediscovered something I wrote a few years ago:
‘All writing is selfish.
It’s either an exercise in vanity or an attempt to self-medicate.
The writer either wants your praise or wants you to carry some of his burden, his pain.
My words mean nothing other than the meaning someone gives to them. ‘
At the time, I had been reviewing old serial IG and blog posts (mostly those featuring Raul and the ‘Climbing The Walls’ set) and thinking about compiling a collection.
Part of me (that which is the majority) thinks it’s an egotistical errand without redemptive qualities. Part of me (that which feels something particular in these brief writings) would like a consolidated collection to refer to.
None of me seems committed to the process of extraction, curation or presentation.
Maybe when I’m 60.
Miles to go.
Keep Moving. “
-G. (at Manzanita, Oregon)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnQmUKSroV1XnOxMy0oSCgxm0LKV2oeVqg3OKA0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
• Regarding the “Mathematics of Breathing” •
“The school bus passed me walking in the dark
Up the hill, On the road behind the golf course
The words of the underground poet had me misty and aching
The heart in my chest struggled, the way it does so often now.
I can clearly hear your voice, feel the whispered words.
I’m not the same person I was then.
Stronger and weaker both, but with less Reason.
And again lacking the adequate words.
Still. “
Keep Moving.
-G.
(at Manzanita, Oregon)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnGSOUoLThK7qoClgPOAUNYGF79MuMCIVCJdBc0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
• Nine & Twelve •
Nine shots from the arc of 2022 and Twelve Words for the arc of 2023.
“Talk less. Listen more.
Expect less. Appreciate more.
Hurt less. Accept more”
Here’s to a better brighter bolder year ahead.
Be well.
Thrive.
—G. (at The Pacific Northwest)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm0WHJUrK-p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
• Nine & Twelve •
Nine shots from the arc of 2022 and Twelve Words for the arc of 2023.
“Talk less. Listen more.
Expect less. Appreciate more.
Hurt less. Accept more”
Here’s to a better brighter bolder year ahead.
Be well.
Thrive.
—G. (at The Pacific Northwest)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmz_j9ivdsXgsRyWyG2O68yIOO1OFxrFWOn3oE0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
• Out Of Office •
Heading into the weekend like…
Miles to go.
Keep Moving.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9i00lvcBu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=