Tag: Photography
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Save Our VA Tucson Protest 5/8/26
Four of us anchored the line outside the Ajo gate of the Tucson VA from 6:20am – 8:15am for the morning shift change. The response rate was about the same as it has been for the last few weeks, from 85%-90%. Was only able to pick out a couple of head shakes, ‘no’, one ‘flipped…
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Morning Ride On Cinco De Mayo
Morning Ride On Cinco De Mayo the gentle, penetrating overnight rainfinally ended just after sunrise heavy clouds kept the humidity highwhile the air was chill for my three hour ride standing water dappled the washesand riverbed, gullying in one edge or the otherand the trees and shrubs wereiridescent in vibrant shades of greenwhile new Brittlebush…
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The Kent State Massacre, 56 Years Ago Today
56 years ago today, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on college students at Kent State University, Ohio, protesting Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia. They murdered 4 and injured 9 or 10 other students. This was not the only incident of governments in the US using military personnel to intimidate and ultimately kill people exersizing their…
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The Compass
What gives you direction in life The flow of the universe as it moves through me, the ecosystem, of which you and I and every other living being are integral parts, a continuity of life, its causes and effects, that IS the universe … we are… –LE
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Save Our VA – Tucson May Day Protest
Save Our VA – Tucson May Day Protest Four of us held the line this May Day from 6:30am-8:30am at the Ajo gate for the morning shift change. We received even more responses than we have in the previous couple of weeks, between 85%-90%, of those I could see (some had windows so darkly tinted…
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Introspection And Identity
Introspection and Identity This is an excerpt from a letter to one of my children who is struggling with questions of identity, dreams, and the reality of where our lives have brought us. Reassessing and wrestling with my identity has been a feature of my adult life and continues to this day. I’m sure that most…
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Sunset In Tucson
Post Sunset from a southern Tucson Barrio The sun set about one-half an hour ago. This picture was taken about 20 minutes ago (7:20 Mtn time).
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Past Versions
Past Versions Trying to hold onto past versions of meNothing but undermining mutiniesFond memories sometimes ease anxietiesBut would-a should-a could-a-sGape as empty as the space between galaxies Not always, but too frequentlyFriends and family just don’t seem to notice…See only the me that used to be Perhaps some elements of an older renditionColor, flavor, or…
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Last Saturday Morning Ride In April
Last Saturday Morning Ride In April Sun sat at about 40° off the horizonHazy through the folds of cloudsLike rippled veils overheadTree shadows soft and indistinct A couple of Roadrunners crossedOur path, along with a fewMorning doves and SparrowsThat took to the sky as we road by There was a family of Prairie DogsStanding in…
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Save Our VA Tucson Protest – 4/24/26
Three of us held the line at the Tucson VA’s Ajo gate from 6:30-8:00am for the morning shift change. The responses were similar to last week’s, 75%-85%, from what I could see… Some people’s car windows are tinted so dark it’s impossible to see the response or lack thereof through them, especially with the rising…
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