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On the 7th day god made San Francisco

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Last Monday my mom passed away after a long battle with terminal cancer, it’s hard to know what to say so I just have to vent about the injustices.

When I was a kid we were in a car accident that lead to her having two surgeries years apart for herniated disc’s. This lead to years of bed rest and weight gain. The weight makes the back worse in a horrible cycle. A couple years ago she was finally healthy enough to get a lap band, she lost a lot of weight and got her mobility back. Then she was given a breast cancer diagnosis, eventually, it had gone into remission but then came covid, due to her weak immune system and the general over stress of the healthcare system, she missed some check ups. By the time she got back to a doctor, it had come back and metastasized into her spine. You can’t give chemo to the spine.

She was the kindest, toughest person in the world, she didn’t deserve to have her life stolen from her when she had just gotten it back.

I love and miss her so much, she loved movies, butterflies, loved loved loved cats, birds, stanwood, red rose tea, she kept an impeccably clean house, and she gave me my love of nu-metal even if she ended up hating it lol no one could tell her anything, she was so confident and sure of herself.

A role model really

she saved my sister and I from my abusive biological father and got us out of houselessness when we just little kids. We were living in an RV park in a campsite in oly, previously a riverbed and before that a tent at a campsite.

She spent years going to and chairing AA meetings, organizing the banquet giving back to the program.

I feel terrible for my step dad, he’s dedicated so much his life to being her care taker, he’s supposed to be enjoying aging with his wife after the kids have left the house. She’s been his everything for decades.

If you can donate anything I’d deeply appreciate it, I have paid for her funeral costs with my 401k but that’s all of my retirement fund. I’d love to be able to give my step dad some cash to get him back on his feet and give him some time to grieve without worrying about bills.

If you read this far, love you, thank you.

You can donate below.

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Last Monday my mom passed away after a long battle with terminal cancer, it’s hard to know what to say so I just have to vent about the injustices.

When I was a kid we were in a car accident that lead to her having two surgeries years apart for herniated disc’s. This lead to years of bed rest and weight gain. The weight makes the back worse in a horrible cycle. A couple years ago she was finally healthy enough to get a lap band, she lost a lot of weight and got her mobility back. Then she was given a breast cancer diagnosis, eventually, it had gone into remission but then came covid, due to her weak immune system and the general over stress of the healthcare system, she missed some check ups. By the time she got back to a doctor, it had come back and metastasized into her spine. You can’t give chemo to the spine.

She was the kindest, toughest person in the world, she didn’t deserve to have her life stolen from her when she had just gotten it back.

I love and miss her so much, she loved movies, butterflies, loved loved loved cats, birds, stanwood, red rose tea, she kept an impeccably clean house, and she gave me my love of nu-metal even if she ended up hating it lol no one could tell her anything, she was so confident and sure of herself.

A role model really

she saved my sister and I from my abusive biological father and got us out of houselessness when we just little kids. We were living in an RV park in a campsite in oly, previously a riverbed and before that a tent at a campsite.

She spent years going to and chairing AA meetings, organizing the banquet giving back to the program.

I feel terrible for my step dad, he’s dedicated so much his life to being her care taker, he’s supposed to be enjoying aging with his wife after the kids have left the house. She’s been his everything for decades.

If you can donate anything I’d deeply appreciate it, I have paid for her funeral costs with my 401k but that’s all of my retirement fund. I’d love to be able to give my step dad some cash to get him back on his feet and give him some time to grieve without worrying about bills.

If you read this far, love you, thank you.

You can donate below.

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These rainy nights aren’t so bad, you just have to let the lights warm you up.

You can see more of my work, buy my prints and commission me here.

www.sleepless-seattle.com

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One night in Palm Springs

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Astoria - seattle - stanwood

Sunsets and late nights from the summer and early fall.

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You’re still dragging you’re knuckles in the dirt, what do you know about life

South Seattle 2021

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Call to action for another artist and friend.

My friend Sara is facing homelessness and needs your help, im posting on her behalf. She hasn’t asked me to and doesn’t know I am, I’m just someone who has been homeless and cares about other people. Below is the bio of her go fund me, she’s had a very rough year. Rent is due, y’all know how it is. Link will be at the bottom.

Hi all.

It is with a heavy heart that I am starting another fundraiser. Less than a month ago I started a fundraiser after an incident on December 23. My car was damaged when I ran a flat hitting a pothole, and without cell phone reception or a jack. As I was up a mountain on a forest road I was left with no other option than to drive on the rim to get to cell phone reception. This broke not only one but two axles on my car and rendered it with more mechanical damage and cosmetic issues. Devastatingly, yesterday January 11, my insurance company came with the final verdict: my car, not even a year old to me, has been deemed a total loss. I am now completely without wheels. I work a job that pays $7/ hour with barely any tips. I am walking 20.000-40.000 steps a day walking to work, walking at work, from work, doing errands, and walking my dogs, and it is all breaking me. This car loss comes atop a very traumatic half year. At the end of August, my husband and partner of 20 years abandoned me with no means. I was left unable to pay rent as I was a student only working part-time making 960/month and my rent is $1600. Then, a month later, my stepfather died suddenly and unexpectedly. As if that wasn't enough, my childhood friend killed himself in November, and my car got damaged in December. I've struggled to find a reliable roommate, and the one I had turned out to not be, and he broke the lease in December. I can not make this rent alone. My current job doesn't pay enough for me to sustain myself on my own.

The picture above is from dinner on my graduation day this past May, 2022. You see a pin on my blazer. That's a Phi Theta Kappa pin that I got when I graduated with the highest honors from the graphic design certificate program I attended. As a continuing student, I am still at a 4.0 GPA and with major scholarships. Sadly, this new situation is causing me to forfeit my school and scholarships. The only person who has offered to help me by providing a roof over my head and a safe place for me to rebuild my finances and self is my high school friend who lives in Morgantown, West Virginia. This fundraiser is created to help me avoid homelessness that will inevitably come if I can't get myself and my pets to Morgantown. I am needing to pay for a shipping container to move a small number of my belongings there. I will also need to rent a car, and pay for hotels/motels along the way. I

am begging you and everyone you know to help me so that I don't have to give up my pets and move into a homeless shelter. Please help me get to my safe place — My friend's house in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Kindly but regretfully,

Sara

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The smell of paper and dust on the Oregon coast, a sun bleach video store in Seaside Oregon.

Prints always for sale

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Listening to the rain berate my roof on a stormy winter night, can’t help but miss those day dreams I was living back in the summer.

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Volunteer park conservatory.

During the new deal period a bunch of these conservatories were constructed as public works projects. Not a ton still operate i but they are a real treat and great reprieve from the city.

Buy my prints I am a broke bitch.

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What’s up gamers! You play MTG?

The card kingdom is unionizing and wants your public support, the card kingdom has seen massive profits as the collectibles markets exploded during covid and their workers have been put at risk for cardboard to be shipped out, to not share in the profits and to watch many of their jobs automated way with that same profit they earned.

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are you able to add other photos you’ve posted to your darkroom site? there are a few i’d be interested in buying as prints that aren’t listed. thanks!

Yeah I can! That would be actually mad helpful. I’ve been meaning to update it but it’s hard to tell like what people would like as prints!

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Hey buy my prints I’m dead broke 💀

Would you mind if we spent the day,

crossing the sound, watching the waves.

From my upcoming photobook on the Washington state ferries. You can buy my prints on my darkroom, I’d love if you put my photos on your wall, they’d look great and they’re affordable.

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Hey if you’ve been thinking about buying a print, now is a good time I owe the IRS fucking taxes bc this country is a pyramid shaped scheme

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Forget it, it looks good there anyways.

Beacon hill, Seattle.

If you like my photos of old cars, buy a print so I can fix my old car.

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This is so cute! Love a well filled wall, nice company to with too!

finally hung stuff on the walls

the cathedral etching diptych I got from an estate sale, V by @hostile, the San Gabriel mountains silhouette is from my coworker, the triangle skull resin sculpture is by Liz Alvarez, the house photo is by @michaeldeesphoto, and the Anatomist Herbert West homage is by @slowmotionmovesme