Guests of the Great River

This is a beautiful brand new sculpture outside the entrance of the Burke Museum representing paddles from a Chinookan Canoe from the Columbia River region in honor of Indigenous People's Day.     11 paddles with different Chinook styles, some of the original people, heroes, of this region.   The dips in the paddles are from this region enabling them to grab hold of roots.  The shadows will move over the day and seasons, stroke by daily stroke . This is about 2:30 PM…we walked here on the way to the University bookstore but have not yet been inside the Burke since before the pandemic.  It’s open and one of our favorite places .   Soon…..
for more, see Guests from the Great River here


And a lovely drink with 2 friends in our outdoor patio before the last presidential debate with a bottle of Luberon wine from another friend in honor of the book our bookclub just read , The Little Paris Bookshop.   Fun!  (extra)  OH my,  anxiety for 12 more days...  We're watching the debate but we're muting the moron.