Shades of a Summer Memory

The same-siders eating out, bellying up
at the biker dive downtown, all around town.
Two-up going coastal,
kissing, touching, loving, fading into the heat of June.
Hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder,
drowning out and out, the noise of the world.
Shoved against the back of the hatch or
strewn out fading in the bed of it.
Dusk into dawn watching the light,
catch the many shades of you.

Something Old | Something New

Backseat Driving

Tail-light facing, uphills facing downslope.
Height ribboning, flowing
sideways, upwards, down ways.
Silence more comforting
than the babble of lips brambling about
things we'll never see on the same plane.

4. 2017

Tekiu: June 2017

Land Tekiu, is a hidden treasure sitting along the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. A shared home between families and opened to friends and friends alike. Games, water sports and drinking shenanigans, all paired with meals of flavor professionals.

Gone Ape, June 2017

A rainy afternoon, seeking an adventure, my partner and I headed north to explore new terrain. Drawn to the idea of exploring below rather than higher altitudes of the rolling mountains and hills, we made out for the Ape Caves. Located in Washington, about an hour and a half from Portland houses the lava tube that the Mt. St Helens eruption left in its aftermath. At almost two and a half miles long, the trek through the cave was a surreal and at times, intimidating. Deafening silence and piercing darkness, it was quite a wonderful experience.

Reflection

Roaming the the south west streets on this glorious day last fall.

Washington St.

Taylor St.