Wrapped Gas Pump, by a Syracuse MFA student. Photo from Flickr.
In the Post this morning, in an article on the front page of the Business section, in an item describing yesterday’s stock market gains, we find the following:
“Driving yesterday’s gains was yet another drop in oil prices, which tumbled to their lowest level in seven [...]
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Image created by Ilya Katz.
In the Metro the other day I saw a statistic that really caught my attention: Americans consume 38 billion plastic bottles of water a year, produced from 3 billion tons of plastic. Ugh. Can we go turn on the tap, please?!? Buy a Brita if you’re worried, but enough with the [...]
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Nightfall in the Qianmen hutong, Beijing. Image by Ruth Fremson, New York Times.
I was reminded again the other day of the muddle-headed New York Times article I have complained about here on several occasions. In that piece (the June 8th NYT Magazine), “The New, New City,” writer Nicolai Ouroussoff says, of exploding city development in China or the [...]
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Some recent work. Many thanks to sister, and artist, Bonnie Hull for encouraging some new thinking. More on the work table – stay tuned. The little painting below was a study for the bigger guy, above.
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Seattle abuzz with new construction
Back from an interesting trip to the upper left hand corner of the U.S.: Seattle, Portland, Salem, and the Oregon Coast. A great time with family, and a good time reconnecting with these cities and places.
In Seattle, we rode the new South Lake Union Streetcar. Unfortunately, the streetcar was known as [...]
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Posted in A Town Square, tagged streetcar on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Seattle Streetcar.
Seattle, Portland, Salem, and the Oregon Coast for a terrific week with family. Back the week of the 8th of July. Stay tuned.
Portland Streetcar.
Salem, Oregon Streetcar.
Oregon Coast.
More shortly.
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