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@straightwalker

writing/drawing/walking/rowing in Seattle; happy with Pam Campbell on her houseboat.

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straightwalker
@straightwalker Aug 26, 2018, 10:30 PM UTC

notes from a beginning painter

Summer passing quickly. So far, unable to paint Dmitra from photo, colors too flat, no life in the expression. Time out. Painted an abstraction of the Chosoviotissa Monastery on Amorgos, high on the…

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straightwalker
@straightwalker Jul 5, 2018, 6:21 AM UTC

On Coffee

Addison-Wooley Gallery in Portland, Maine showed this exhibit during August, 2011. The photographs are 17 x 22 inches, printed in an edition of 40 on Epson Ultra Smooth Fine Art paper with archival i…

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straightwalker
@straightwalker Jul 5, 2018, 6:15 AM UTC

On Coffee

(https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfUgoUS2tiXC7G8bQ9zmL1kpuX5aDsjk928ocCTZBKJoa/image.png) strong hands, clear eyes, wide mouth, unlike any other, yet she steps easily into the dreams of strangers, fo…

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straightwalker
@straightwalker Jul 5, 2018, 6:10 AM UTC

On Coffee

(https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmebEGHfYNkChtJECuGMF45sPFRQUs3CQv2vuV1tYMBE9R/image.png) firm hip, shoulder, incurving waist, soft round of breast, a slim young waitress, teased, laughing, calls out…

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straightwalker
@straightwalker Jul 5, 2018, 6:05 AM UTC

On Coffee

(https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdwZq9LrfDE95ScM66XbktNchoWW7DGiUT86prrX54Jo8/image.png) smooth skin, descending to hip, up and over, also inward, along the pelvic bone, swell of belly curving down…

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straightwalker
@straightwalker Jul 5, 2018, 5:59 AM UTC

On Coffee

(https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTV3XsZz1AEyBYkaye2f2bRwLgtTkfgQiLszQGtKU4m8T/image.png) She said, "I got up early and made the coffee. I put the two mugs side by side, then I remembered that you we…

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straightwalker
@straightwalker Jul 5, 2018, 5:53 AM UTC

On Coffee

(https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeJxeqqcA3oGTYcAK2tfei8scN673TyCtUNP4CKRU4MC5/image.png) I woke up on a wooded path. It was dark and I was severely hungover. Disorienting flashes of light came from…

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straightwalker
@straightwalker Jul 5, 2018, 5:37 AM UTC

On Coffee

(https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbbYHjgquAaVVdkUuwri9fhDYEk3jzL3zPhhZDRDkro9i/image.png) My first summer job was at a company that made high tech fans for the military. I reported to work holding my…

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straightwalker
@straightwalker Jun 25, 2018, 6:13 PM UTC

Michelangelo's Shoulder

Michelangelo’s Shoulder It dawned hot in Georgia. Don rubbed his head and blinked. He got out of bed and paused before a makeshift easel where a drawing, taped to a board, showed a woman sitting on a…

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straightwalker
@straightwalker Jun 22, 2018, 8:44 PM UTC

Signal Fire

Signal Fire On a deserted beach at dusk, a man rolled a note into a cylinder and stuffed it into one shoe. He patted the wallet, keys, and knife in his pockets, took off his clothes, and walked into…

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