The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: beauty

  • A Beauty Contest for Women Who Don’t Exist

    A Beauty Contest for Women Who Don’t Exist

    Nothing is real.

  • Have We Lost All Humanity?

    How do you see this wonderful woman fall and not do anything to help?

  • Sometimes It’s the Big Things

    Don’t ever take it for granted.

  • Moving Moments

    My friend Jim told me the other day that when he saw the Grand Canyon for the first time, he was moved to tears. I totally get that. Sometimes you are just struck by the pure, intense beauty of the moment. Since, for me, these moments are rare, they seem all the more precious. Because…

  • Making Waterfalls

    There’s a certain graceful beauty in a moving drawbridge. It’s awe-inspiring to watch a million pounds of concrete and steel in motion. It says a lot about human ingenuity. I’m lucky because as a bridgetender I get to make this happen every day. Opening a drawbridge never gets old. A friend of mine likes to…

  • The Eye of the Beholder

    The other day a dear friend pointed out to me that the bridge tower I work in is basically the aesthetic equivalent of a concrete bunker, and the green and rusted girders make the bridge itself rather ugly. That really took me by surprise (and even hurt my feelings for a hot second). I had…

  • HWP

    Oh, how I hate acronyms. They set people apart. Either you are “in the know” or you aren’t. If you aren’t, is that your fault? Are you supposed to sit around memorizing a list, in the hope that you will hit upon every acronym that crops up in your life, now and forevermore? Here’s one…

  • My Latest Story–My Thoughts on Beauty

    I attended the local storytelling group again this month. The theme was “Changes of Heart.” I really struggled with coming up with something for this one, and ironically, I’m the one who suggested the theme! It seems that I rarely change my mind about things once I’ve formed an opinion. I wrote three different stories…

  • Untapped Beauty

    God, but I love the internet. It introduces me to things I didn’t previously know existed on an almost daily basis. There is so much in this world that can shock or amaze or awe. Just the other day I happened to go to the Bing website and was presented with this gorgeous picture: Whoa.…

  • Way too Freakin’ Perfect

    I have a friend who seems flawless. First of all, she’s absolutely gorgeous, and it’s the kind of beauty that will still be stunning in old age. She’s extremely intelligent, has a job that she loves that allows her to travel all over the world, owns a cool house, has an amazing family and a…