Vacation Has Ended

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I have just returned home from a vacation on Leech Lake in the Chippewa National Forest. I spent a wonderful week living in a cabin, lounging on the beach, readingĀ  books, hiking in the woods and kayaking. At this very … Continue reading

Seattle, Washington, USA (Photos)

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When people talk about visiting or living in Seattle, Washington, one of the first things discussed is the rain. There’s a reason for this – it rains a lot in Seattle. Or, rather, it drizzles. Even so, my experience of … Continue reading

Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, USA (Photos)

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I flew into Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1999 and visited the Santa Fe National Forest. As you can see from the photos, I was immediately enamored of the way the sun creates such clear and defined shadows. This was … Continue reading

Bellevue State Park, Delaware, USA (Photo)

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These photos were taken between October of 2007 and April of 2009. I was living in Delaware while working contracts in Philadelphia, New Jersey and surrounding areas. This is a common living arrangement because the trains provide a straight (and … Continue reading

Alligator River Wildlife Refuge, NC, USA (Photo)

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In 2007 I decided to take the long way across North Carolina because I wanted to get a good look at the Alligator River Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is aĀ 152,000-acreĀ  wilderness that starts at the Ocean’s edge and continues for … Continue reading

In The City, Vienna, Austria (Photo)

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During grad school I took advantage of the opportunity to spend a summer studying German in Vienna. On the day I left for Europe I knew exactly zero words in German. I had spent all of my high school and … Continue reading

Gardens, Philadelphia, PA, USA (photos)

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I took a wide variety of photographs during 2006 and most were located in the maze of neighborhoods that makes up the city of Philadelphia. These are two of my favorites. The rose was a single bold and brilliantly beautiful … Continue reading

Badlands, South Dakota, USA (Photo)

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These pictures are from one of the trips I took through the Badlands in South Dakota, USA, during 1998 or during the 2000 Sturgis bike rally.I did not mark the prints, so I’m not sure when, exactly, they were taken. … Continue reading

Rest Area, Virginia, USA (Photo)

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I was driving through Virginia in 2009 and stopped for a break at a highway rest stop (or wayside) and found this lovely picknick area filled with flowering trees and a little wooded ‘forest.’You could hear the highway, but in … Continue reading

Old Quarry Trail, Iowa, USA (Photo)

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This was one of my favorite places to go hiking in Iowa (during the late 1990s). The trail leads to the center of a ‘U’ shaped cliff created by some form of mining or long-dead quarry. The machines had not … Continue reading