mother ditch

Photo copyright 1995 Gazelle
Los Angeles River near Echo Park. Publicity still for site specific dance performance which took place in the river. See http://www.collagedancetheatre.org/repertory/

place of refuge

Photo copyright 1996 Gazelle
Brett shoveling sand, Pu'uhonua o Honaunau, Kona
http://www.nps.gov/archive/puho/home.htm

hometown juice

Photos by "Seaglub", posted on surfline.com

I kept staring at the image in my last post wondering if there was a sequence or some video from that day. I didn't find any, but I did find these two shots from the same spot, same swell. I hope there was some serious hooting and cheering going on that day. If not, somebody needs to get slapped.

hometown barrel

Photo by Tom Cozad, http://newportsurfshots.com/

Early season south, April 2007. El Morro Beach, N. Laguna.

east of the cascades

All Photos By Gazelle 2007

I wish I'd had more sophisticated camera equipment on me but here's a few snaps of what was one of the more beautiful short hikes I've ever done. This is the Tom McCall Nature Preserve, adjacent to the mighty Columbia River and about 10 miles east of Hood River, Oregon. This place made me want to roll around in the meadows and never leave...

r.i.p.

Henri, taking a break on a backcountry hike, Golden Trout Wilderness, California

osaka

Photo copyright 1998 Gazelle

Busking high school musicians on walk bridge linking Shinsaibashi & Namba districts of Osaka

A Japanese man told me a joke about his hometown, known as a bustling merchant center since medieval times and now a city with a population and sprawl like that of Los Angeles:

Q: Why are there no trees in Osaka?

A: Because trees don't make money!

Of course, Japanese businesses makes loads of money from trees - through a highly efficient forestry industry. But as the joke implies, to the money-minded Osakan a tree in the city is just a waste of space...