The rising January sun lurked low to the horizon, once again casting rays where the sun seldom shines. It is slowly moving north day by day, and in a few weeks its fingers of light will no longer be able to reach this door handle. For now, however, the wandering rays will work their magicContinue reading “Shadows of the Season”
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Able Cables
The appearance of the cables seems as wispy as the clouds in the blue skies above, yet the strands holding the bridge stoutly support the structure that carries traffic across the Columbia River. Once upon a time we motored our boat back and forth under this bridge to and from various cruising adventures on theContinue reading “Able Cables”
Gnomon Knows
“Does anybody really know what time it is?” The title of a 1970 song seems to be literally answered by a sundial at Thatcher Park in Forest Grove, Oregon. Simply stand on the square that has the current month written on it and your body becomes the gnomon that casts the time-telling shadow. Just noteContinue reading “Gnomon Knows”