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Sedona’s amazing Mandarins
On the first day of a 3-day stay in mid-January 2012 at the Amara Resort in Uptown Sedona, Arizona, I came across a Mandarin duck pair sharing nearby Oak Creek with a few dozen mallards and wood ducks. On the second day at the same location was a second Mandarin couple. I find online photos [...]
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Calling Neo & Morpheus
C’mon, should characters from “The Matrix” be allowed to take part in marathons? This runner in Phoenix on 1/15/12 looks suspiciously like Agent Smith.
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Somewhere under the rainbow
There’s something magical about the fountain at Seattle Center — kids and adults alike are drawn to its playful jets of water. On this day, at this angle, a rainbow appeared, seeming to build a sharp dividing line between fantasy and the real world on the outside.
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Tags: bumbershoot, fountains, humor, rainbow, seattle, seattle center
Not just waiting on a friend
Tim Rogers, lead singer of the Australian group You Am I, was vulgar, frenetic and the total crowd-pleaser as he at times channeled Jagger on day 3 of the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle.
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Tags: bumbershoot, concerts, guitar, rock, rock 'n' roll, seattle, tim rogers, you am i
She Hates Me
Kevin Sullivan, guitarist in She Hates Me, performing in Collingswood, N.J., on Aug. 21, 2011. This duo has a seductive nonchalance seasoned with simmering chip-on-the-shoulder snarling toward the audience and each other. McGill’s vocals and Sullivan’s guitar work gave zing to wide range of standards, and the blend of resentment and humor in their between-song [...]
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Easy rider, shotgun position
I’ve always liked being passed on the highway by a vehicle in which the front-seat passenger, usually a woman, has a bare foot or two resting against the dashboard. It conveys relaxation and sense of well-being, that all’s well on the road. Not so this shot of a passing pickup on a main street in [...]
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Tags: humor, riding shotgun, somerset, werewolf
Age 3 & the livin’ is easy
Nothing like being 3 years old and mixing water and mud on a warm summer day.
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Tags: humor, kids, mud bath, pennsylvania
Sweetgums for Flight 93 Memorial
Nearly a decade after 9/11, a pavilion now stands at the site where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed below a farmhouse near Shanksville, Pa. Construction of the memorial’s visitors center has not started (a temporary visitors center is open), but now in place are this plaza, a parking lot and a walkway leading to the [...]
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Tags: 9/11, flight 93, flight 93 memorial, september 11 national memorial, shanksville, terrorism, trees
While the speeches were wrapping up in front of Independence Hall, thousands gathered along Market Street for Philadelphia’s July 4th parade. “There is no happiness higher than the happiness of freedom and peace,” said the Buddhist priest leading this group. After his comments, they sang. Independence National Historical Park Supt. Cynthia MacLeod addresses crowd [...]
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Tags: flag, independence day, independence hall, july 4, market street, parade, Philadelphia
This really looks bad — as if Pennsylvania doesn’t realize it’s built a state park on Home Depot property in Levittown. Also at odds with the wholesomeness of a bike trail is the authoritative-looking sex sign where the path passes under a bridge on the edge of Morrisville, Pa., across the Delaware River from Trenton, [...]
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Tags: bike trail, biking, bristol, delaware canal, delaware canal state park, ducks, easton, great blue herons, have sex here, herons, home depot, humor, morrisville, pennsylvania, towpath
