Brooklyn Desk Creative – Oregon Days

While continuing to dig through my and my father’s surprisingly large photographic “archives” (aka “piles of stuff”) i stumbled across the following images that i’d not thought about in some time. In 1993 i was working in the graphics department for the Chase Manhattan Bank. My office was on the 28th floor of “2 Chase [...]

I’ve been lugging my father’s print archives around since he died and yesterday i began the onerous process of triaging hundreds of prints. His negatives are much easier to haul and they remain more or less safe, so i’ve been a bit rough with the prints. The process reminds me that what the world needs most [...]

So this past Sunday i hauled my ass (and my camera bag) to the top of Grizzly Peak. It’s a very nice hike that traverses a rich mix of forest types. My only comment would be to edit the information on the little kiosk at the trailhead. Where it begins “This short hike….” i would [...]

In some ways i must admit i like the idea of visiting the coast more than the actual act. No, that’s not entirely true. But, like so many things having is not so all-satifying as wanting. I suppose one could argue what i like most is saying “sorry, can’t work on that right now, i’m [...]

There comes a time when one reaches a point and realizes “i’m no longer there, i’m now here” and i think i just blew past that point. Not 100% since i rarely do anything 100%, but i’ve committed some money to house-y stuff that probably wouldn’t leave with me if i lost the SOU gig [...]