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Grey and Wandering

Gates of Gold & Filligree at Sunset

A photo from Turkey. . I’d forgotten all about it.

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.

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. [...]

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.

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 [...]

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.

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. . .

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.

Boudreaux’s Video Postcard: Syria

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