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Mt. Adams Fire (09-22-12)

  Mt. Adams as seen from the Cooper Spur shelter ( Mt. Hood ) on 09-22-12 Mt. Hood ’s lengthening shadow, straining for the eastern horizon  Smoke from the fire doing a pretty fair impersonation of clouds   The timberline trail spirals on around the mountain  Toyed with the idea of composing a shot here, but Lola the dog was feeling territorial  Mt. Adams beyond the shelter  Mt. St. Helens   As night falls, the source of the smoke becomes evident  The scale of the fire is slowly revealed as the sky gets darker  An inferno about the size of a mountain  Swirling winter clouds ride autumn’s cool night air into the valley, like circling predators patiently waiting for a flickering campfire to go out.  Detailed information about the fire can be found here:  http://inciweb.org/incident/3249/

Seaside Improvisation

  A soloist improvises… accompanied by the ultimate rhythm section.  It’s Matt’s birthday, and he’s arranged a gathering at the Seaside Hostel, and I’m under the impression that he doesn’t want to draw a lot of attention to the fact that it’s his birthday, but when I arrive (with a bachelor’s token chips, store-bought layered bean-dip and case-O-beer for the pot-luck) a flaming birthday cake is being presented and his musical friends are breaking into birthday song. Later almost everyone participates in (what I believe they call) a ‘Jam’.  I look on enviously, as if watching a favorite T.V. series… but on Spanish T.V. and I’m therefore regulated to reading facial expressions - of concentration, pleasure, and happiness – which all goes to point out how foreign and out of place I am, unable to speak the language. Savoring the hope and necessities of social interaction, I miss the sunset. Later, self exiled to a vast tsunami-plain, I turn to other sources of illumination. Late