I recently finished a collection of Angela Carter's short stories and completely fell in love. She is an amazing writer who creates strange, creepy, incredibly atmospheric and unique universes. I never wanted this book to end.
I am now currently reading the short stories of Jorge Louis Borges, and it's the perfect book to follow Angela Carter. His style is a bit harder to explain, but I love it so far. What an intelligent man.
After Borges I plan to read J.K. Rowling's first adult novel.
Today the boys and I took the train downtown
Chinatown! Granted, Portland doesn't have a proper Chinatown like NYC or San Francisco, but it's still nice to have at least a few blocks.
Portland has a very high homeless population. There is a little section of space right outside of Chinatown that is blocked off for people without homes. A lot of sleeping bags, tents, grills. There are colorfully decorated doors creating a wall of this little community.
Here, have a photo of my face. This is as large as I will allow it to be
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Beautiful photos of the city. Really love. Can't wait to hear about JK Rowling's novel. Been meaning to check it out! Happy to have found your blog :)
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Thank you vey much, Amber!
DeleteSTUNNING photographs!! very very beautiful. :)
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DeleteWOW...cool photos of the doors, love the quotes on there. Are the people of Portland cool with the homeless people staying there?
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DeleteIt's a bit of a mixed bag, really. There are some people largely in favor of this community, and others that are against it. Pretty much just like you would expect. But as far as I know, no one actively messes with them and mainly just leaves them alone. But obviously the city government supports it, and a lot of people try to speak out and help.
Also, when you live in Portland, you're so used to seeing the homeless everywhere that places like this just just come with the territory.
i've been slowly working my way through "labyrinths" for a few months; slowly, not from lack of interest, but because i tend to read numerous books simultaneously. in my edition, neil gibson wrote the introduction. definitely check out "neuromancer," if you have not already, complementary text for sure, but with a very different tone and speed. borges really broke ground for much of what we could classify as science fiction, at least as far as texts concerned with time, with shifting dimensions, are concerned.
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I definitely plan to read a lot more William Gibson. The husband has loved him since high school, so we already have a pretty large Gibson library. The Diamond Age is also one of my favorites, so I plan on reading more Neal Stephenson as well.
DeleteI'm almost done with Labyrinths. It can take a while to finish a book sometimes because the main time I get to read is when everyone is going to bed, so it depends on how tired I am. But I am absolutely loving Borges. I now understand how his style is studied in Math classes, as well. There's something very mathematical and architectural about his story-telling. It's amazing.
Thanks for the comments!
So glad to have found your blog. Your photography really inspires me (I've become lazy and leave my camera at home a lot now) but it's such a great way to illustrate a story, from the books you read, to the trips around Portland you take. Can't wait to check out more photos!
ReplyDeleteGah thank you so much, Andrea! I adore your style :)
DeleteI've unfortunately been lazy with my camera lately as well. Must be the winter weather. Thank you so much for the comment!
Such inspiration, love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Caroline :)
DeleteI think you are so pretty Kasey. You are so pretty. Your eyes are lovely.
ReplyDeleteThank you for inspiring me.