"Cross"

An original IBL photograph taken October 27th, 2013, Little Red Hen, Green Lake, Seattle.

"Cross"

An original IBL photograph taken October 27th, 2013, Little Red Hen, Green Lake, Seattle.

"Light"

An original IBL photograph taken October 2nd, 2013, Connor Byrne Pub, Ballard, Seattle.

"Cross"

An original IBL photograph taken October 19th, 2013, Little Red Hen, Green Lake, Seattle.

Let Slip the Dogs of Christ!

A Photo By Karen Sullivan

I worked with Karen at the Loan Fund in San Francisco for several years, and we have remained friends since I moved away.  A few weeks ago she came upon this baby photo that I left behind, and combined it with my shiny name tag (I think I wore it once) to create this shrine of sorts, for which I thank her immensely...


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A Conversation With My Mother

This is an accurate rendering of a portion of a brief conversation I had with my mother yesterday.  To be fair, she was on her way out the door to church, but I did offer to call back another time.  No, she said, she wanted to hear what was up.  So I told her -

• The job that I wanted I didn't get.
• My brother PJ (different mothers) is in the intensive care unit of a Central Valley, CA hospital with sepsis, pneumonia, water in his lungs, etc.
• Another person close to me was recently diagnosed with a far less serious but still not inconsequential medical condition.

To which my mother responded, "Well, I'm glad to hear everything's going okay up there."

Seriously.

I have long contended to Danielle that my mother does not listen to a word I say during our phone calls.  This seems to be the clearest evidence of that to date.


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Advance Health Care Directive (Form 3-1, State of CA)

Turns out I am not the primary designated agent with power of attorney to make health care decisions for my brother, it's his oldest daughter, Brandi.  I'm first alternate.  There's a second alternate, too, but considering that gentleman died five or six years ago I sincerely doubt he'll come into play.  Just another day on earth, nothing to see here.

Infection by Light indeed.

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A Photograph By Alice Rudolph

A Photograph By Alice Rudolph

A Photograph By Alice Rudolph

Our friend Alice Rudolph went to Puerto Rico with her husband, Don, and was thoughtful enough to share several photos she believed might be of particular interest to us at Infection By Light.  And was she ever right...

Thanks to you, Alice...

Last Night, Benoit, B (1)

(And some very poor managing by Jim Leyland.  But then you likely knew that by now, too...)

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Last Night, Benoit, S (1)

(But then you likely knew that by now.)

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Harvey Milk Postage Stamps in 2014

Salute.

Everybody in...


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Benoit, S (2)

(Untitled)

An original IBL photograph taken October 6th, 2013, 4th Avenue near Seneca, Downtown Seattle.

"SW Corner of Pike Street and 4th Ave., Seattle, WA"

An original IBL photograph taken October 5th, 2013, in Seattle.

"Nearly Midnight, Honolulu", Neko Case

This is a track off her new album, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You.  I believe it has been floating around a bit longer than that, even, but am not absolutely sure.  In any event, something beautiful and heartbeaking, and right up our alley here at Infection By Light -

"I'll still love you, even if I don't see you again..."

Ah, everybody in, even Mama...

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"Cross"

An original IBL photograph taken October 3rd, 2013, Green Lake, Seattle.

Benoit, S (1)

(Numbers start over in each post-season series.)

"Light"

An original IBL photograph taken September 28th, 2013, men's room, Maximilien Restaurant, Pike Market, Seattle.