Toward the End of Days

This is the steeple (if you will) of the paper mill shut down earlier this fall in Oregon City. This was a quick picture with the last light of the day on my new and quite amazing camera and its Auto settings that adjust to the fading light. The picture is not so amazing but I am entranced by the three yellow lights at the top of the smokestack. Raised Catholic, three always means trinity. This year has indicated the end of many kinds of things in the world, and here in Oregon City, the closing of one of two papermills has signaled the end of the exploitation economy this great state was founded on. Now, we must find another way to make a dollar.