Day 46

after watching feast of love, neola and randi go toward the cold

Day 45

sept. 29, late night dinner with the crew at dots


jess and fries:

Day 44

Gresham at the end of September is white with hail:

Day 43

sept. 27 / dinner with randi:

Day 42

learning Spanish and how to hit a ball in pool:

Day 41

Yesterday, my life was all numbers and sitting in my living room watching the Closer. So no picture.

but tonight, Neola and I made podcasts (with a Randi audience)

Day 39

Fall ends with sunshine and other healthy things.

like lunch:

Day 38

Sunny Saturday spent bikeriding with Isolde and Randi.

at a stop light, taking a break from some heat:

Day 37

Friday at the Oregonian is fire duty. You could see this smoke 20 miles away. A wood pellet warehouse caught on fire. Your reporter, ma'am.

Day 36

sept. 20, built to spill concert.

Seth refused to be photographed:

Day 35

dinner at neola's. lentils, bad baby pie (currently seeking a name change), freaks and geeks and my friend here:

Day 34

(sept. 18)

three teeth filled and soup for dinner,

Day 33

sept. 17

"Something tells me the sun isn't coming back," my editor told me. It had started to rain again, some sign that Oregon's fall (winter to me) had started its process.

It was grey all day, then, I got home around 6:30.

And this:




The sun spills light through my window.

Day 32

sept. 16

randi won at blokus.

Day 31

(sept. 15)

quentin building me an end table!

Day 30

September in Gresham, and my heat is on.

Day 29

(Sept. 12)

a trip to the burbs:

Seth and I went to Beaverton to hear Sherman Alexie read about being an Indian in the suburbs. Afterward, Sherman & I gushed about TJ Maxx.

Then Seth and I ate Chili's!

Day 28

September 10

My parents bought me a BRAND NEW couch.

Day 27

September 9

"why are you
so far away from me
I need help, and
you're way across the sea"

Day 26

(september 8)

kate picking a pear off her family's ranch

Day 25

(september 7)
Kate on the train, heading to the airport

Day 24

work work. My desk:

Day 23

After sitting in my apartment for about 15 minutes, Randi asked, "Do you have a pair of forest green boxer briefs?"

"Yeah," I said. "Why? Are they on the floor or something?"

"Well, they're on the floor in the lobby downstairs."

I had dropped them carrying in my laundry.

Day 22

RANDI is back in town.

Day 20

Underwater in the hot tub.

Day 19

Neola in a polka-dotted hat, acting crazy.