Category Archive 1000 Words

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My Kind of Office

There is a war museum on the island of Terceira in the Azores. It seems a little strange for such a peaceful-feeling island to have a war museum. But Portugal was once an empire and the Azores are strategically located. The museum was interesting and tasteful – relating the facts without glamorizing them. Except for this office. I don’t remember what information it was supposed to relate. But the display gave me a sort of Hogwarts feeling. I want an office filled with floating books like this.

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A Tale of Two Cities, Part 3

Even before I started walking my neighborhood during the pandemic, I often ran around in Ballard. And when I did, I was constantly struck by the juxtaposition of old Ballard with new Ballard. Since the photos I took around that time are a few years old now, I would guess that not many of the old Ballard parts of these images are left.

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A Tale of Two Cities, Part 2

Even before I started walking my neighborhood during the pandemic, I often ran around in Ballard. And when I did, I was constantly struck by the juxtaposition of old Ballard with new Ballard. Since the photos I took around that time are a few years old now, I would guess that not many of the old Ballard parts of these images are left.

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A Tale of Two Cities, Part 1

Even before I started walking my neighborhood during the pandemic, I often ran around in Ballard. And when I did, I was constantly struck by the juxtaposition of old Ballard with new Ballard. Since the photos I took around that time are a few years old now, I would guess that not many of the old Ballard parts of these images are left.