Cadillac Hotel

The OED word of the day is 'britten,' which was only used in Old English and the citations are now, therefore, unreadable.

So, for your reading pleasure today I offer this brief history of the Cadillac Hotel (3.2M PDF), which includes some great old photos, courtesy of Historic Seattle - and some rather shocking ones after the 2001 earthquake, when this 1889 Victorian Italianate building nearly got demolished.

commitment

commitment is
sometimes difficult
to distinguish from Faith

There will be a Critic
the picture less than anticipated
& Life In the Shadow
of Legends never seen

but freedom
to hunt down life

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'auto-da-fé.'

playing

playing
is Merely a
demonstration
of Intelligence

it's more sophisticated,
in fact

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem | commentary is 'pranky.' Beware of those behaving so today!

creativity

creativity and faith --
the Essence
of hope and
deliberate Living

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The slackers at OED have made "Kwanzaa" the word of the day, just as they did on 12/26/10. I've been doing this for nearly 800 days now, and it's the first repeat!

Speaking of reruns, the yarn 'sweaters' are back around the Pioneer Square area, some in Seahawks colors, some in holiday green, red and white. They make the 'Do not walk' icons suddenly lool like red mittens to me.

illustrating the world

drawing and writing
illustrating the world
is a Pastime & Practice

Moments of heaven

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The OED word of the day for the erasure poem|commentary is 'mappa mundi.'

summer leaves

century-old windows
double hung with
summer leaves

look up

Mariner fans
waiting for the light to change
don't even look up

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The Seattle chapter of Urban Sketchers was in Pioneer Square today. Gorgeous weather for tourists and a Mariners game made for a lot of conversations as about 20 of us sketched the pergola and other sites. I thought it an interesting comment on the times that one guy on the way to the game asked if we were in a competition.