photography

Earlier this week, the Oregonian … Read the restposted a short article revealing a strange site in downtown Portland. A swarm of bees had followed their queen to a cherry tree. Within minutes, the cluster grew 2 feet long. They hung so low, apparently, that a skateboarder narrowly missed getting a “face full

Rope is: a 1929 British play by Patrick Hamilton; a 1948 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the 1929 play; a song from the Foo Fighters 2011 album Wasting Light… Read the rest; a data structure used in computer science; a rhythmic gymnastics apparatus; a civil parish in Cheshire; (the Ropes)

I’ll admit it, the inspiration for this post is that it’s supposed to be upwards of 80 degrees in Portland today and I’m starving for some sunshine. Since I won’t be able to make it to the beach anytime in the foreseeable future, this seemed like a good release.
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There’s something sublime about that moment you finally reach the summit of a mountain. You walk around and survey the world below from every possible angle. And you realize just how far (and how high) you’ve hiked. It’s like you’re on top of the world.
This week’s roundup of photos… Read the rest

Long after a natural disaster fades from the headlines, the human tragedy continues. To most, the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of 2004 is a distant memory. But a young photographer from Wyoming wants the world to keep in mind the thousands who died… and hundreds of thousands more who survived… Read the rest

Plastic bags are the poster child for mass one-use consumption. Because they are not easily recyclable, they make us more guilty than PET bottles, grocery containers and other items produced to have a very short lifetime. Bag ban legislation—successful and not—has been sparked in cities and states across the country,… Read the rest

Alleyways are mysterious. Be they thoroughly lit, dark, empty or full, there is always a sense that something—though you may not always be quite sure what—is going down. Sometimes they feel dangerous and you might find yourself constantly looking back over your shoulder in paranoia because you feel as if… Read the rest

It’s hard to think about reflections without getting metaphorical and sort of, for lack of a better word, gooey. And that’s because reflections are rarely just reflections. In films, when a character is shown in the same frame as his or her reflection it generally means that he or she… Read the rest

Recently, Time, Wired, The Daily Mail… Read the rest and several other publications wrote about a bizarre phenomenon caused by last year’s unprecedented flooding in Pakistan. The monsoon, which began in July 2010, didn’t only disrupt the lives of over 20 million people, but also caused millions of arachnids to take

If there’s anything we humans are good at, it is building. Skyscrapers mark our urban environments and rows of cookie-cutter houses line the suburban landscape. We have constructed communities in cities and towns. We have traversed the world via manmade vehicles specializing in air, land and even sea.
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Running is one of those things that sounds miserable on a cold, dark morning but is actually really great once you get your butt out of bed and go do it. For one, there’s something about how the air feels in the lungs and the power pulsing through your legs… Read the rest

According to my calendar, spring starts Monday (in the United States, anyhow). And all I have to say to this cold, wet winter is good riddance. Not only did I never get the snow that was promised me here in Portland, but the rain and cold temperatures have continued—as per… Read the rest

As YogaSlacker Chelsey Gribbon put it in a recent article written for iWend, this year’s Patagonian Expedition race was considered “Redo Take 2 for Team YogaSlackers,” and it turned out to be even more significant than that; the YogaSlackers (Team GearJunkie in the 2011 race) took second place overall. Coming… Read the rest

One of the things I love about traveling is that wherever I go, so long as I can escape the city, I’m bound to see some sort of farming operation. And most of those farms include barns.
A building in the middle of a field, surrounded by horses, sheep, cows… Read the rest

Besides beer, I think it’s safe to argue (I’m not using any statistics here, so don’t quote me) that wine is one of the top choices of alcoholic beverage across the world.
Perhaps you’re sipping some champagne—which, as we all know, is just carbonated wine—and you’re feeling classy. Or maybe… Read the rest