Halloween

Street Scenes

October 28, 2008

My periscope breaches the surface in Northeast Portland and takes in the outside world:

Larry the trash hauler introduces himself when he sees me photographing the Halloween decorations on his truck, which blocks my car on NE 11th Avenue. Until now we’ve been on a wave only basis. Larry poses for the camera and without prompting bemoans how his truck isn’t as gussied up for the holiday as it usually is. “Wait til Christmas,” he says. “You’ll see a big Santa instead of this little witch. Read More

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Evil Eyes Watching Me

October 23, 2008

The first time I walked by a house today, a cat gave me the evil eye. It was perched in a window next to a Halloween tombstone. I imagined the cat scanning the most private recesses of my brain and feeding off the dark thoughts hiding there.

Several hours later, I passed the house again, and the cat was in the same place with the same I-see-who-you-really-are stare. Read More

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