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People ask me why I lug around a huge back pack all the time- pretty much where ever I go. Well- the real answer is I’m always hoping to catch a great photo!
Last night I was glad I had it with me. When I stopped by the fire station after class I [...]

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Well- its only been a few weeks since I returned home. I finally took the time today to choose 400 of the 2500 shots to upload onto flickr. I haven’t had a chance to ad descriptions to each one- so you’ll have to self-narrate.
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Okay, I didn’t expect to get back on the internet tonight. I did manage to get a couple pictures up this morning while in Sokode of our fulani experience. Unfortunately since I took everything in raw format you’ll have to wait for the majority of them.
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What a couple of days! Chris is uploading photos right now of our last few days with the Fulani tribe.
I’ll be posting much more when i return to the USA in a few days, but very quickly: an amazing time in the middle of the bush with four fulani families. Fresh cow milk, sleeping under [...]

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Finally some pictures today. Click on the picture to go into my flickr and there is another ten or so. This is a picture of Chris and I helping the neighbor family bring in fuel from the fields. Although in their culture, the males do not do any work, Chris and I [...]

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Chris and I are back in Sokodè for a couple days. He is posting a few pictures on his flickr account. Check them out if you get a chance.
The last week or so has been spent in his village. We were able to finally begin taking family portraits of his neighborhood so that I can [...]

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New Pictures tonight. I’m not really sure what Grace is doing in this one!
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So I made a big purchase today. It’s a 2000 BMW M Roadster. Only 15,000 were brought into the USA over 5 years. Click on the picture for more…

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Lots of new pictures tonight. Including several like this that use a lensbaby for the specific focus effect. Enjoy!

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I spent the afternoon following the May Day March in downtown Portland. Here’s 35 or so of the 200 pictures I took. Click on the picture to get to the set. Enjoy!~

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At first I thought I would have something meaningful to say about the last few days, but I really don’t. Perhaps I’m just too tired right now and in a couple days I’ll be able to sit back and reflect.
It seems that the crap in life comes in waves. Atticus, my goat, was killed [...]

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Many progressive and mainstream sites have been pointing out the lack of a mention in the State of the Union regarding New Orleans and the rebuilding process.

How is it that over half of the forty something minute long speech could be devoted to Iraq and the responsibility of our Nation to promote freedom [...]

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