Winter’s Bones

Stark beauty from Russ…

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I call this Winter’s Bones, as the fading of winter turns to spring. Soon the Appalachians will be in bloom and the bones will take on new flesh.

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The Stolen Photograph

Not cool people. Things are bad enough without overhyping. “The truth will set you free”.

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I guess if you photograph long enough it’s bound to happen. You’ll have a photograph stolen. I just didn’t expect it to be in so egregious a manner.

I posted a blog about the presidential election last November. It was simply a post about my experience voting in a working class neighborhood in Tampa, Florida. It was fairly straightforward and was presented with no agenda. You can read that post here and decide for yourself. One of my favorite photographs was a young boy in his mother’s arms as she waited in line. The wait was quite short.

I recently received an email from a person who had discovered the image floating around on Facebook. The photograph had been abused. Here is the image making the rounds.

Included in the email from the person kind enough to bring it my attention was this line, “The need to streamline voting for…

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The Friendship Shore

As a college sophomore I witnessed one of the most ridiculous football games you will ever see. In 2005, The University of Oregon beat then 18th ranked Oklahoma in a game that left both sets of fans complaining about the refs after an historic comeback by my Ducks. Down 13 points, our quarterback threw his second pick of the quarter. Thousands headed to the exits. After Oregon made its comeback, punctuated by a wacky onside kick and field goal block, those that remained mobbed the field and the players. Those who left missed a monumental moment, and a turning point in the program – plus they had to live a lie that they were there.

Those fans who deserted the team violated one of my long-held Pillars of Sports Fandom. I have developed these after years of following mostly terrible teams in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve sat through epic collapses…

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