#northwest pdx

[zosialynchphotography]

Top to bottom: black-headed grosbeak, hairy woodpecker, mountain jay, black-capped chickadee, and Western tanager. Seen outside the Bird Alliance of Oregon Nature Store.

[overnitereligion]

Penny & Batman october 2014

[bettergeology]

Mount St. Helens (Lawetlat'la) as seen from Oaks Bottom, Portland on a sunny April day.

Visit my Flickr to for more!

[megaul]

[salemattackowlsrugby]

We had a great time in Portland, OR at the Halloween tournament! Thanks to the Portland Pigs for hosting and Eugene Reign for combining teams with us.

[thekielbasanova]

Visiting the homeland.

[nugothrhythms]

"Manifestation," a 2023 single by Vancouver, Washington-based quirky darkwave act This Cold Night

[rafefar]

Friendship

[tedwardbak]

Looking north from the Broadway Bridge over the Willamette River this morning.

[zosialynchphotography]

I survived the 2024 Powell's warehouse sale

[overnitereligion]

witch house pdx 2014

[bettergeology]

On some nights, I can’t sleep. Sometimes, on those same nights, my lovely wife is with her family and I find myself sitting in the pallid glow of a single lamp wondering what to do.

If there’s anything that’s dependable, it’s the neighborhood dive bar that’s been in business for something near 90 years. I don’t often find myself drinking alone, but once in a while I get out to connect with the fellow neighborhood denizens that apparently populate the bar after 11:30 pm. It’s a surprisingly lively place on a surprisingly quiet stretch of road, and I wasn’t sure if I would be the only one or if it would be packed. There are nine others here with me now, and every time the door opens the heavy sent of wet pavement swirls in with a hint of cigarette smoke.

It hasn’t rained in Portland for a few days. The light drizzle has moistened the pavement just enough for the petrichor to rise. In here, it’s warm in temperature and feeling. A man in a pork pie hat is playing pinball, a nondescript ‘80s movie is playing on the single working TV, and all is well in the world from in here. We’re all sharing the slightly lonely, communal feeling unique to the local watering hole.

City living has its challenges. The human ecosystem is on complete display as well as the gamut of human experience. I doubt that living in the countryside would do me well; in the city we share everything in much closer proximity than they do in the country. Although the local watering hole is a universal constant, city dives are different in that you can come to the same bar 50 times and see a different slate of people every time. Everyone is talking about innocuous things: spray tans, lap dance bars, vacations, smokes, local colleges…

It’s all a vignette into the lives of strangers. After my glass is empty, I’ll doubtless walk out the door onto the quiet street and take a couple extra laps around the block before climbing into bed with the cats. Maybe I’ll see a skunk or a cat. It’s always novel to see the same homely neighborhood in the quiet of night. I’ve lived here for seven years, and that feels so wrong. I found the place I want to spend the rest of my life in my early 20s, starting where I should have ended, and I love every minute of it. The most momentous occasions in my adult life so far have happened here, within a ten minute walk of where I slowly drain my glass of local microbrew.

Tomorrow, I’ll wake up and go to campus to finish up my peer review edits. I have an orchestra rehearsal far too late at night. Between now and then, I’ll keep thinking. I’m at the intersection of the lives of strangers. Our streams of consciousness will go on.

Maybe I’ll move over to the bar.

[jimhair]

As I slide into my “later” years and approach full Curmudgeon status, I do admit my hopes are with young people. On this International Women’s Day I know from direct experience my granddaughter will be making some positive changes. “She may be but little, but she is fierce” G. Takes my Crown, Portland, August 2020 🇺🇦💔🌎💔🌏💔🌍💔🇺🇦 #earth #human #family #america #social #documentary #portrait #photography #internationalwomensday @internationalwomensdayofficial @internationalwomensday_global #mediumformat @ilfordphoto #film #photography #filmisnotdead #istillshootfilm #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #oregon #schwarzweiss #blancoynegro #blancinegre #bnw #mediumformat #blancetnoir #白黒 #Hēiyǔbái #shirokuro #blackandwhite #hasselblad @hasselblad 20085807 FP4 1973 Hasselblad 500c/m 120mm Makro-Planar https://www.instagram.com/p/CpixEJsP7Tn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[reallyradrecs]

I can’t feel your warmth Where have you hidden, little star? I don’t know where you are Every single form Of you I nurtured left a scar Only shown in the dark

Oh Newfound glory Hi, good morning I’m not losing hope Try me, don’t think I’ll go down like that

My only thing is What if I don’t make It to your rising grace My only dream Eclipsed behind the gray I long for your Shining pleasure

How can I remember what you gave me on my own I don’t know where to start Ill give up the body, but don’t let me go Give up the body, but don’t let me go, oh I’ll find your light

Oh Newfound glory Hi, good morning I’m not losing hope Try me, don’t think I’ll go down like that

My only thing is What if I don’t make It to your rising grace My only dream Eclipsed behind the gray I long for your Shining pleasure

Take another shot, you’ll miss me Another couple seconds, are you all against me? Cause I’ve just got the body now Yeah, I’ve just got the body now

Take another shot, you’ll miss me Another couple seconds, are you all against me? Cause I’ve just got the body now Yeah, I’ve just got the body now

Take another shot You know I really fucking want it And I promise that you got it I don’t want the fucking body now

So give up the body But don’t let me go Give up the body but Don’t let me go, oh I’ll find your light

So give up the body But don’t let me go Give up the body but Don’t let me go, oh I’ll find your light

So give up the body But don’t let me go Give up the body but Don’t let me go, oh I’ll find your light

Shine bright for me Shine bright for me Shine bright for me If you really like me Maybe if you’re circling something Every day You’ll find me My lightning

Give up the body but don’t let me go Give up the body but don’t let me go Give up the body but don’t let me go Give up the body but don’t let me go Give up the body but don’t let me go Give up the body but don’t let me go Give up the body but don’t let me go

[nerdykeppie]

Where will NerdyKeppie be this weekend?

We're so excited to be at Pride Northwest this weekend, and we're really hype about the really awesome spot we managed to snag (always be awake and at the keys the minute that booth sales open).

How to find us:

If you enter by the Harvey Milk Street entrance, walk directly forward, then turn right. Follow the first set of booths in Section C to the end, and there we are, facing the LGBTQIA2S+ Youth Tent, in booths 65 & 66.

If you come in from anywhere else, find the Main Stage, face it, and turn right. Follow along that first set of booths ahead of you and you'll find us!

We will have a limited number of Skater Skirts with Pockets in the Soft Fade print & Short-Sleeve Button-Ups in the Galaxy print with us in a limited array of flag options, as well as size charts and measuring tapes, so if you want to find your size in our most popular items & pick up a skirt or shirt, well, we're trying bringing clothes to shows! For us to bring a broader selection of flag and design options to future shows, these have to sell well, so hopefully these will zoom out of our hands this weekend, because we'd love to be able to bring a wide variety of sizes, flags, etc.

Most size and flag combinations have only one available, so if you wanna snag one, don't delay. <3

See you at Pride!