the olympic peninsula

From across the Sound we looked longingly toward the Olympic Peninsula. This would be a theme for the trip; wishing we could stay longer, see more.

gasworks park, seattle

Gasworks is an industrial site on Lake Union that was transformed into a park, complete with large rusted equipment, a beautiful view, and a kite hill.


We saw two men playing freestyle frisbee listening to reggae funk music, lots of people walking their dogs, some hooligans smoking dope on the overlook, and one brave kite flyer.


We rolled down the hill in the grass, walked barefoot on the sundial.

seattle waterways

I like how the city is surrounded by water and, though the water flows together, each body is distinct. Lakes, bays, channels, inlets, sounds. The geography of water.


I would like to live in a houseboat, like Anais Nin on the Seine. I wonder what one's address is on a houseboat.

sunshine loki

sledding

We had the second big snow of the winter this past weekend in Asheville. It wasn't quite as devastating as the first, which shut the city down for days and left us without power for almost a week. My roommates and I piled into the car with a flask of whisky and hats and gloves and went sledding.


We walked behind a friend's house, through some bramble bushes and over a hill into the most lovely clearing, a perfect sledding hill, and went to it.