View from the tracks
It has been years since I’ve seen a train use these tracks in town. Yet somehow it felt a bit unsafe to squat down on them for this photo.
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Leaves
Just some leaves found floating (and some already sunk in the clear water) in Ashland reservoir the other day…
Ski Fence
I drove to Ellie’s middle school volleyball game this past week in Talent, Oregon (just north of Ashland). I drove by a house with a front yard fence made out of about 20 – 30 skis. When I turned the corner I realized they had used a lot more than just a couple dozen skis; the fence made entirely of skis went all the way around their property.
Quitters
These trees in Lithia Park have quit their chlorophyll production for the year. They’ll try again next year.
SOU in fall
There is nothing like walking around campus early on a crisp, autumn morning.
More Mitsuki Dazai videos
The green shows are gone until things warm up next year, but here are a couple more songs from Mitsuki Dazai.
The first is a curious version of “Sakura, Sakura.” First she sang the song without the koto. Unfortunately, my camera wasn’t running when she sang as she sounded great. Then she played the song you see below. This video has not been clipped and I didn’t miss any of the song. She performed the song, which usually clocks in at over 5 minutes, in just 40 seconds. I’m not sure why she didn’t do a fuller version.
This next song was really cool. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize it was more than 9 minutes in length. My SD card filled up after about 4 minutes. For the full version you’ll need to buy her CD. It’s really good.
Looking south
In the distance, on the right side of this picture, you can see Pilot Rock. If you were to climb to the top and keep looking in this direction your view would look like this.
Southern Oregon University Women’s Volleyball
SOU’s volleyball team rolled to another victory Friday night. The win over Concordia University (from Portland, Oregon) pushed them to 11-1 in conference play (12-1 after winning on Saturday night too). While fun to watch, it wasn’t very exciting as the Concordia team didn’t seem to have much of a chance.
Pasta Piatti
The sun was just going down when I took today’s pic. The only reason it looks so light is I left the shutter open for a full second. Unfortunately it was cloudy, so there was no sunset to view, and this would have been the perfect time and angle to see it as this is the normal sunset direction.
Today’s photo is looking down East Main Street towards downtown Ashland. Pasta Piatti, on the left, is a good restaurant. The Ashland Springs Hotel can be seen in the not-too-far distance on the right.
Lawrence M. Krauss speaks at SOU
Yesterday I went to SOU’s weekly Friday Science Seminar for the first time in a few years. Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss did not disappoint the huge crowd. Speaking of the crowd, he spoke the night before too. Everyone that heard him the night before who didn’t have to work on Friday came to hear him again which meant that every seat was taken long before he started. The aisles filled with people and he invited those out in the hall trying hear to come sit down around his feet. The audience was breaking every piece of the fire code I’m sure. No one could have left if they wanted to. Luckily, no one wanted to.
Krauss is funny and he gets the audience to think. Don’t miss him if you ever have the chance to hear him speak. He is sort of Richard Feynman‘s replacement. He left us with the “inspiring” messages that “the future is miserable” and “you are not as special as you think you are,” but yet we all left with a smile on our face and new thoughts racing through our heads.