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A Fave ‘Graph From Egypt

Gotta love this shot of Michael up top–a satisfied smirk on his face as a Boticelli-like chic dreamweaves into the air and a drunk Londoner gives a giggle. They almost look superimposed.

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Naked Eyes

We started this trip with two cameras. We now have none. Yes, the whole stolen thing really sucked. So did the day-long police report experience. There was disbelief, devastation and denial. But there was, eventually, a solemn belief in the idea that this didn’t mean the world was bad, just that two people were bad. [...]

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Acacia

It looks so much like that flimsy print that comes in the frame. But it’s totally not. It’s from the African savannah.

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Mud Bath

I grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River. Turtles perched on the stump we used to measure the water, ducklings dawdled on our bonfire-ashed beach and boats always waved as they went by. We swam off the dock, slithered between the fish and sandbagged during the floods. But the river’s real character was [...]

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Heroes from Egypt

Michael is the photographer in the family and as you’ve likely noticed, I am more about documentation. But occasionally, I take some “heroes”. Thousands of miles from Tennessee, but might be mistaken for Memphis circa ’65. Headscarf in motion, stripes and streetlights above the Nile.

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Red (Wadi) Rum

Michael just loves to take everything in one trip. . . I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you what we were looking at. Climbing the Rum dunes. . .

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Jerusalem Smiles & Skies

Old City Hostel (Photo by Michael) St. Patrick’s Day in the New City (must party before Holy Week begins!) Us with friar-to-be-friend, Erik. He was our personal religious tutor that week. Moon rising on Jerusalem. From the balcony, where we could watch the zealots with glee.

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Boudreaux’s Video Postcard: Syria

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