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Welcome to House of Funk, where you'll find personal essays, poetry, photos about living in Portland, my family and my son's disability.
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Still Life (opens the original)
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I put my kayak into the muddy water at Hagg Lake. 91 degrees, no breeze—hot and still as I paddle, hugging the shoreline. I go hard and fast until I feel the burn in my shoulders. I love the feeling of pulling myself through the water, a long deep drag below the surface, a wide arc above. The burn a welcome feeling of a good workout. Then magic—I stop paddling and float. There’s no current like in the rivers. The only movement derives from a motor boat. The waves and wake briefly rock me side to
summer garden (opens the original)
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under the flower moonso aptly namedI dig and plantthe promise of purple and whitedwarf snapdragonsthe potential of sweet sunripened tomatoesjewels like the starswe can’t see when the moonis so voluptuous and brightglowing yellow petals of the sunflowerseedlingsto become LemonTeddy Bear, Russian Mammothgiants<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6Ysa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.am
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