homehttp://www.russtaylor.info/home/en-US2010-07-30T05:54:33ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Coventry House: still lifehttp://www.russtaylor.info/home/2010/7/21/coventry-house-still-life.htmlRuss2010-07-21T22:09:05ZCoventry House Decatur

]]>Madison, Georgiahttp://www.russtaylor.info/home/2010/7/13/madison-georgia.htmlRuss2010-07-13T13:37:46ZExploring Madison GeorgiaBest experienced, I would imagine, in the fall or spring...

]]>The other place...http://www.russtaylor.info/home/2010/6/27/the-other-place.htmlRuss2010-06-28T01:27:06ZExploring

]]>Syria and Lebanonhttp://www.russtaylor.info/home/2010/5/27/syria-and-lebanon.htmlRuss2010-05-27T08:47:34ZAleppo Beirut Damascus Exploring PalmyraPalmyra, Syria

Palmyra:

Aleppo, Syria - old city:

Aleppo, evening tea break:

St. George Monastery, Syria:

Umayyad Mosque, Damascus:

Beirut, Lebanon:

On the American Univeristy campus, Beirut:

A light lunch in Beirut:

 

]]>First grill of the season...http://www.russtaylor.info/home/2010/4/28/first-grill-of-the-season.htmlRuss2010-04-29T02:42:26ZCoventry House Decatur

 

 

]]>Japanese red maplehttp://www.russtaylor.info/home/2010/4/18/japanese-red-maple.htmlRuss2010-04-18T18:38:25ZCoventry House Decatur

]]>Somerset Maugham: The Skeptical Romancerhttp://www.russtaylor.info/home/2010/4/17/somerset-maugham-the-skeptical-romancer.htmlRuss2010-04-17T15:33:28ZExploring"The impression left by strange towns and cities is often a matter of circumstance, depending on events in the immediate past; or on the change which, during his earliest visit, there befell the traveller."

"I admire the strenuous tourist who sets out in the morning with his well-thumbed [guidebook] to examine the curiousities of a foreign town, but I do not follow in his steps; his eagerness after knowledge, his devotion to duty, compel my respect, but excite me to no immitation.  I prefer to wander in old streets at random without a guidebook, trusting that fortune will bring me across things worth seeing; and if occasionally I miss some monument that is world-famous, more often I discover some little dainty piece of architecture, some scrap of decoration, that repays me for all else I lose."

 

 

"You cannot tell what are the lives of these thousands who surge about you.  Upon your own people sympathy and knowledge give you a hold; you can enter into their lives, at least imaginatively, and in a way really possess them.  By the effort of your fancy you can make them after a fashion part of yourself.  But these are as strange to you as you are strange to them.  You have no clue to their mystery."

]]>Utah: Sept 2005http://www.russtaylor.info/home/2010/4/1/utah-sept-2005.htmlRuss2010-04-01T16:14:21ZExploringDead Horse Point:

]]>Nica 2010: Morgan's Rockhttp://www.russtaylor.info/home/2010/3/1/nica-2010-morgans-rock.htmlRuss2010-03-01T17:43:15ZExploring

]]>Roland Hedley's tweets...from My Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts?http://www.russtaylor.info/home/2010/2/8/roland-hedleys-tweetsfrom-my-shorts-r-bunching-thoughts.htmlRuss2010-02-08T17:43:56Z"Just spotted colleague Terry Moran in hall. Could wave, but easier to tweet. Hey, dude." 10:49 AM Mar 18th from Tweetdeck

"Bumped into an old stalker of mine at Borders. She'd lost some weight and looked terrific, but I tweeted 911 anyway. Cops arrived from 3 states." 1:43 PM Mar7th from Blackberry

"I refuse to apologize for making time for my kid's ball games, so I usually end up not going." 9:13 AM May 4th from web

"Had close call watching MJ memorial service. They ended 'We are the World' before I could jimmy open my gun closet and blow my brains out." 12:33 PM Jul 7th from web

"While speaking last night, someone threw panties on stage. Or boxers. Whatever. Times like that, always ask myself: What would The Boss do?" 5:13 PM Mar 12th from web

"Kabul. Awakened by huge blast in hotel lobby. Suicide bomber blew up complimentary breakfast buffet. Off to find bagel." 3:14 PM Apr 8th from Tweetdeck

"Accompanying HMMV patrol, used on-board computer to order Ab Rocket. And because I acted when I did, receiving second one absolutely free." 8:01 PM Apr 13th from Blackberry

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