POLITICS: THE REPUBLICANS.

ICARUS-SAN.

It is a happy talent to know how to play,* especially if you are combining moves from Karate Kid into it.**

Playing is truly one of those skills that you have to fight hard to hang onto. Fortunately, I knew early on I would work hard to fight hard for play. Don't get rusty at it. You can't play properly by walking elegantly on two feet. You should either be on hands and knees, or fumbling through the air in search of flight. That is playing. And if you blow out a knee or two, then..maybe you were playing incorrectly, and now you can practice walking on your hands.

*Ralph Waldo Emerson
**Joseph Ivan Long

GUEST PHOTO: GANG AFTER SWIM LESSONS.

Such a small, subtle, unassuming group of angels.. I'm certain no one heard or noticed them at all ‪#‎lovethistribe‬ @wandervogelsoul @josephivanlong @countessbecca

photo: Sharika Kim

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND STREET SWEEPERS.

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Ahead and together we bumble forward and sideways into the unknown.

People talk about what a big deal courtside seats are, but personally I think there's plenty of charm to a bird's eye view.

— with Matt Nutter at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter.

THE PURGE.

Goodwill for humankind. Ahh, the start of a new year, where people get to move treasures from their house to someone else's and get a tax deduction. ____ #44washougalcamas #washougal2015 #Washougal #goodwillindustries

A photo posted by Joseph Long (@josephivanlong) on Jan 2, 2015 at 5:22pm PST