Category: Structures

(prompt) ends. Broadsheet Published.

For the past 10 weeks I’ve been taking a writing class called (prompt) given by Write Around Portland.  It’s been a fabulous experience and this night was no different.  Tonight we got our broadsheets, which feature work by everyone in the class.

I was quite happy with my (prompt) experience and in the future I will publish a few of the pieces I wrote during the class on the blog.  In the meantime, thanks to Write Around Portland, my fellow class participants and especially Matt Blair, our instructor.

I spy an STP finisher


I’m not at all in a long-distance bicycling portion of my life, but I think I will be again, someday.  Which means someday I will complete the STP, just like this guy.

While I was waiting at the light, I could see hordes of other finishers crossing the intersection behind me, but by the time I got my camera the light had changed and I missed out on a great picture.

Art Building looking metal-tastic


There are intriguing spaces left in the metal facings.  I’m wondering if those will be taken up with “pops” of color.
Interestingly, there is now a sign with the artist’s rendition of the building, but it’s rather inaccessible, and plus, I’ve waited this long, why see a picture of the finished product now?

In other news, Matt’s mother was visiting and she wondered what the large tower thing that has now been mostly eclipsed by the building.  You can just see it peeking up on the left.  She took a picture and emailed it to her partner.  Et voila!, she had an answer.  It’s a long range microwave relay tower. It carries voice and data for the phone companies.  Now I know too.  Thanks Linda and Pat!