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Coventry House: still life

Russ — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:09:05 +0000

Madison, Georgia

Russ — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:37:46 +0000

Best experienced, I would imagine, in the fall or spring...

The other place...

Russ — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:27:06 +0000

Syria and Lebanon

Russ — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:47:34 +0000

Palmyra, 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...

Russ — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:42:26 +0000

Japanese red maple

Russ — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:38:25 +0000

Somerset Maugham: The Skeptical Romancer

Russ — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:33:28 +0000

"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 2005

Russ — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:14:21 +0000

Dead Horse Point:

Nica 2010: Morgan's Rock

Russ — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:43:15 +0000

Roland Hedley's tweets...from My Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts?

Russ — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:43:56 +0000

"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