Summer Vacation(s) 08
Dex grillin'
On the road to the Spam place.
Emily imagining the gangsta life
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Now this is ART
Bix possessed by the cumulative spirit of all things Iowan.
Venue for Eraserhead.
Austin, Minnesota rehabbed theatre. Emily's Mom is hugely responsible (not for Eraserhead).
I see the future. I hope.
Southern Minnesota.
Eraserhead ceiling.
Austin, MN
more fine ceiling
Austin, MN
Eraserhead exterior
Austin, MN
Emily's favorite-plus perfect architecture
Austin, MN
Barber Shop
Iowa City
Friday's barber shop
Iowa City
His gang is in his head. And his hands.
Bix on the highway
Everyday front yard tableau
Brown St., Iowa City
Bix & Em stalk Midwest utopia
Austin, MN
More tableau details
Iowa City
Afternoon rain on Brown St.
Iowa City
The perfection of serendipity
Iowa City
It starts with a P. Not the Pentagon.
University of Iowa, Iowa City
Mueller and flood level
Art Bldg, University of Iowa
New Art Bldg.
U of I
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Piggy Pie
County Fair, Austin, MN
Deep fried pickles
MN fair
After the flood
Campus, Iowa City
Dex navigates the FUN house
MN fair
Dex circles the hive
THE fair
On the road. Iowa.
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Val's pooch.
Chisago City, MN
Cafe Latte Cake. St. Paul,
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Val's award winning barn
Chisago City, MN
Val on her new porch
Chisago City, MN
Val's house in the woods
The owls know everything.
Val's yard
Chisago City, MN
Lunch with Shelli
Butterscotch pudding from heaven
Aaron imagines stardom
St. Anthony Park, MN Son of Seth & Mia
Sex addict!
Nosonow-Levin family pet. I can never remember his name.
Seth #4
Seth you should sell stuff on TV
Seth #5
Kitchen on Carter Ave.
Seth #6
Simon Cowell calling for tips.
Walker Art Ctr. at twilight
Minneapolis
Dexter with cheese
Apparently he prefers Velveeta.
Dex on stage
Note the magic cape.
Dex practising The Method
I don't remember being this young.
Dex
Controversial, experimental approach to theatre.
School of Rock
Ethan & Aaron rock out at undisclosed, undergroundish Falcon Heights venue.
Ethan & Aaron
The blur of musical ecstasy
Heidi & Kristina in their new home
St. Paul
Larry programming his brain
Check out the screen
The intensity of Ethan
Do not mess with this kid
Seth # 3
I feel like the presidential photographer
Frank & Stew as urban deer whisperers
Outside the Black Forest, MPLS
Summer tomatoes!
Farmer's Market Lowertown St. Paul
Born donut-lover
Vietnamese donuts, University Ave, St. Paul
The fabulous gift of corn!
Ag campus, U of MN, St. Paul
Falcon Heights corn
I could go for some right now.
Urban Gothic
Falcon Heights, MN
Heidi & Zoe
near Como Park, St. Paul, MN
Larry reprograms his brain
Near the biomagnetic center of the universe
I like grass
Falcon Heights, MN
some perfect baby
Greg & Amy's wedding, Hunter Mountain, NY
Summer sunrise
Fabulous Cranston (Quahog) R.I.
The Catskills
Hunter Mountain, NY
Greg & his Mom
Hunter Mountain, NY at Greg & Amy's wedding
Wedding with green chairs
Greg & Amy's wedding, Hunter Mountain, NY
Greg's Dad, Amy & Greg
Hunter Mountain, NY
Greg & Amy & her Grandma
August, Hunter Mountain, NY
no skiing at the wedding
But a mountain biking dude got some serious scratching etched into his back
The wedding quilt
friends & family made this narrative objet for Greg & Amy
Amy's parental units with Grandma & Greg
The beautiful Hunter Mountain, NY
Bere & Marina who apparently had issues
Hunter Mountain, NY
Ambivalent babies
Who knows what they're thinking
close encounters
Storms in the mountains are magic
Amy & Greg after the ceremony
Serious thunderstorm is rolling up
Into the wild
Hunter Mountain, NY
Fly away
I'm totally humbled by the power of nature
Anything could happen
Hunter Mountain, NY
Thea demonstrates adaptability skills
Lovely Minneapolis
Troublemakers & Dex
The King of Falcon Heights, The Queen of Falcon Heights, the Prince of Falcon Heights
photos from my phone
Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard
When I'm on the Vineyard, I get high 24/7 on views like this.
My Mom, Brother Mark & me
Brush Neck Cove, Warwick, RI, Mother's Day 2007
Don't eat the seeds.
My garden.
Breakfast
Raspberries, yogurt & Granny Smith apple chunks. Life is good.
summer sky, my room
Rubye's violet
My Mom's endlessly blooming African Violet.
Snow Buddha, my porch
Some snow pleases me. Buhha smiles
Vineyard
Cabal of sheep.
Carousel in dervish mode
November 2007
Peony, buddha, morning
My kitchen window.
Swan Point cemetery
Providence, RI
Pawtuxet in summer
About 9 minutes from downtown Providence.
Psychedelic peony
Mom's garden.
Heaven?
Pre-twilight, Mom's backyard. Massachusetts.
Wild rose. Aromatherapy.
Don't remember where this is.
Can you smell this place?
Moss, pines, earth.
Buddha (pretty in pink)
My backyard
baby quail
perfect flavor
From Mom's garden. Such bounty for so little effort!
West Tisbury farm
Prudy's hood.
Meditative
Beauty by the sea
Dad's roses.
My Dad, who died almost 7 years ago had planted some very robust & vibrant roses that keep on keeping on.
How many years
We are still here which is such a gift
West Tisbury
Cabal of sheep.
Outdoors is in. My office.
Go ask Alice
Clematis jungle
My garden 2007.
Mom & nephew Dave
Dave is 16 and like 6'4''. Mom is 86 and shorter
Dad's roses, too.
Prom pink
Restorative landscape
Wildlife, Prudy's land. Vineyard.
Tithonia with bee
Mexican sunflower in my garden
My niece Becca
She had lunch last week with Tommy Hilfiger's sister.
Where I walk
Urban oasis
Gladiolus. gladiolas, gladiola
What do they think?
Cats seem to think we're dim
Peppers from Mom's garden.
I like them with eggs in a sandwich.
Blood ties
My Mom, my neice
My PJs
I have more PJs than clothes.
The crow stays.
He came for Halloween and took up residence.
River bank, where I walk
pagan beauty, pagan spirit
My backyard with red floodlight.
Thanksgiving
The guests are knocking.
Perfect beauty.
Buddha says Good Morning.
Clematis rising.
My backyard summer 2007.
Late afternoon with painting
My friend Amy Brakeman painted this Montana landscape and now it lives in my LR.
The protector of the carousel
The serious mission of the white rabbit
Moon's birthday in orange.
One of my baby brothers and his MOON cake
Morning Glory, my garden 2007.
Incredibly healthy, organic plants from the Southside Land Trust urban gardens.
Creating nightmares
Mask stuffed with plastic bags, kid's clown outfit from Goodwill, Yellow floodlight from Target
Amy's painting
October afternoon sun.
Time flies
We all used to be babies
Sunflower farm
Kinda southern, kinda western RI
yeah, we ARE hungry
Thanksgiving 2007
Yoda reincarnated
Yoda lit by light saber.
Long Island Sound
I'm on retreat in Madison, Ct September 2007
Warhol leaf
Fall in RI tweaked by software
Mothership approaches
I'm ready to go
Becca & Kath
Waiting for snacks
Maintenance
It's too hot in my office
Retreat
So fine
Can't make it up
Being outside in naure is my favorite thing
Late afternoon & Montana
My living room & Amy Brakeman's painting
Americans killed in Iraq
Universalist church, Hopedale, MA
Riverbend State Park
In the summer, there are free concerts on Sunday afternoons and my Mom and I go. My favorite band: Jolly Kopperschmidts.
Obie
Such an interesting guy
Friends on horses
November 2007, carousel, Roger Williams Park
Rubye (Mom) & Becca.
Grandma & grandaughter
Butterfly oasis
Western Mass, September 2007
When I walk alone
The gift of the natural world has saved me a million times
Buddha chills
Under the Flowering Plum tree.
Alien garden with shed
My backyard, August 2007
Mother's Day 2007
A cheeseburger, a walk, the ocean
I look good
Each flag=1 death
American military dead in Iraq war
I'm the man
Vintage snowguy with stoggie
Southern RI
Sunflowers with no end
My Christmas tree
Now it's my winter tree
Dan's buddha
Christmas in Mississippi
my own wonderland
A new friend
His owners are riding the carousel
My view on retreat
No words
Holy Mackarel
At the butterfly farm, September 2007
I could sleeeeeep here
I like the sounds of fat bees doing their work
Blur for its own sake
carousel
Laura & Rubye
Time has passed
winter buddha
He likes the light
I can see New Jersey
Rubye, Jeanne & Mark
Again with the sunflowers
Smell is very important
The colors!
Connecticut Shore, Long Island Sound
Winter 2007
Nicholas, Laura & Rubye
Retreat
I feel better just looking at this picture
How many deaths will it take
how many are too many
Christmas 2007
family & friends
Somewhere swell
Excellent Adventure
Disney goes Himalayan
New Tibetan area in the Animal Kingdom
in dreams, poppies
Poppies near the Blue Ridge Mountains
I miss these palaces
Beautiful old movie house, Virginia
poppies........
poppies........
Trish & Rubye
Cousin Trish & my Mom, Jacksonville, FL
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Uncle Lavell & Aunt Hazel live here
Uncle Lavell's farm
Uncle Lavell's farm.
West Virginia
West Virginia
YIKES
YIKES
Martha's Vineyard
some dream
In the sweet, dream like woods
where we chill
Cottage at Menemsha Harbor
we're from vermont
Laura & Ken on MV
Polly Hill arboretum
Conserving land and beauty is challenging as aggresive developers throw cash around
outdoor shower
This is SO heavenly
Corona sunset
Sunset over Menemsha
It's all about fish
Two great fish markets kept us stuffed, healthy & happy
my bedroom
The channel buoy chimes often at night when the wind picks up
Corona sunset 2
Every sunset is different, every night
not a tornado
The Vineyard skies change a million times a day
Oak Bluffs
Old church campground cottages
discovery channel
My hair looks like Donald Trump's with a mullet
Menemsha Harbor
Window box with non-standard inhabitants
Corona sunset 3
Sweet dreams to follow
Corona sunset 3
Sweet dreams to follow
Menemsha Harbor
Window box with non-standard inhabitants
discovery channel
My hair looks like Donald Trump's with a mullet
Oak Bluffs
Old church campground cottages
not a tornado
The Vineyard skies change a million times a day
Corona sunset 2
Every sunset is different, every night
my bedroom
The channel buoy chimes often at night when the wind picks up
It's all about fish
Two great fish markets kept us stuffed, healthy & happy
Corona sunset
Sunset over Menemsha
outdoor shower
This is SO heavenly
Polly Hill arboretum
Conserving land and beauty is challenging as aggresive developers throw cash around
we're from vermont
Laura & Ken on MV
where we chill
Cottage at Menemsha Harbor
some dream
In the sweet, dream like woods
10 months after
70 miles like this
You have to drive it to SEE it. To believe it.
Big becomes little
Somewhere along the Gulf Coast
casino with broken bridge
Looking at Biloxi from Ocean Springs.
design flaw
Hotel on Rt 90 in Biloxi
dirty, clean
It took months to clean beaches.
double death
Tree and House.
failure to dodge
Migrated artifact.
I went in anyway
The water is WAY too warm. We know the consequences.
it's just silent
An area of destroyed housing at Keesler Air Force base.
JUMBLE
Where do they put all this?
like the Phoenix
Amazing trees survived wind and salt water.
nothing but vacancy
Hotel, Rt. 90 Biloxi
quality control
A perfectly made bed survived Katrina.
sand sifters
More beach work.
SOME JUNKY NIGHTMARE
SO much junk you can't fathom it all.
we'd all feel the same
Gulfport home, Rt.90 (Beach Blvd.)
WHAT'S REAL?
Art imitates life?
3 bricks with screwdriver
If only that was all it took to fix everything
36,000 plus in use
This is a small one.
all that's left
Totems where a home was. Long Beach.
everyone's OUT
Home no more. Ocean Spring.
house pate
It's all flat. Ocean Springs.
Katrina Stonehenge
One of the odd memorials by default that cover the Gulf Coast.
Long Beach heartbreak
What flew away?
no escape from h2o
Ocean Springs
volunteer village
Without the hundreds (thousands?) of volunteers, I shudder to think ...
where's B-12?
Condos bit the dust.
all mixed up
Casino being dismantled.
Gehry no more
Museum that was nearing completion, Biloxi.
heavy
real heavy.
it's not all debris
Condo project taking shape.
New Orleans/NOLA
beautiful death
NOLA cemeteries are places of profound beauty and mystery
Jane, peach, quackers,
Ducks and birds have come back to the city and enjoyed some farm fresh peaches.
blazing beauty
French Quarter balcony
my sisters
Tomb for Little Sisters of The Poor.
NOLA, Museum of Art
Museum is free for LA residents and was jammed the day we went. Provocative place.
now renting eternity
Odd neighbors. Rebuilding must continue, no matter.
stigmata, crypts (not Crips)
I'm not afraid here.
Just chillin'
A quiet moment between paying customers
chasing down a hoodoo
Voodoo Authentica
funked up
Another Quarter balcony. I could enjoy a fine Lynchburg Lemonade here.
NOLA horse of a different.....
I wonder how the horses fared during and after the storm
Mardi Gras door garnish
Too many pixels but the spirit is good
Georgia Katrina Brown
Georgia Katrina Brown, an orphan no more. NOLA.
Georgia Katrina Brown
Georgia Katrina Brown, an orphan no more. NOLA.
Mardi Gras door garnish
Too many pixels but the spirit is good
NOLA horse of a different.....
I wonder how the horses fared during and after the storm
funked up
Another Quarter balcony. I could enjoy a fine Lynchburg Lemonade here.
chasing down a hoodoo
Voodoo Authentica
Just chillin'
A quiet moment between paying customers
stigmata, crypts (not Crips)
I'm not afraid here.
now renting eternity
Odd neighbors. Rebuilding must continue, no matter.
NOLA, Museum of Art
Museum is free for LA residents and was jammed the day we went. Provocative place.
my sisters
Tomb for Little Sisters of The Poor.
blazing beauty
French Quarter balcony
Jane, peach, quackers,
Ducks and birds have come back to the city and enjoyed some farm fresh peaches.
beautiful death
NOLA cemeteries are places of profound beauty and mystery
Solstice Power
ancient
The perfect Pterodactyl. Ocean Springs.
we all want to fly
Yea, baby
witness protection
Trees are an endangered species now.
Not healthy but...
Any kind of a disco is a good idea.
Mr. Dang, Point Cadet
Shrimp fleet suffered losses to boats, shrimp beds.
REPENT
Some say Confederate legacy spawned Katrina
Stalin or Twain?
Possibly neither.
cruise ship chef
Carnival Cruise ship contracted by FEMA to house evacuees
this works
Shape and elevation limited damage. Across for the beach.
Cruise ship dumpsters
When the evacuees moved out, the ship was completely refurbished.
It's early
Dawn, Ocean Springs.
Sandhill crane, casino
The endangered Sandhill Crane, this one survived.
Spring
Beauty returns.
when I walk
Ocean Springs, early in the day
Forget wood.
Styrofoam with poured concrete. Walls for hurricanes.
Ocean Springs sunset
fun is hard work
Biloxi carnival, surreal surrounded by debris
Surviving condos
Lessons learned.
Walthall County
Beautiful rural Mississippi.
Tylertown barn
More rural beauty.
Grass
Preparing for new growth.
alligators
No street cred for this rap
afternoon delight
Pool waiting for TLC
BEES!
First Biloxi carnival since Katrina
View from 11
Looking east from my balcony in Biloxi
rare Gulf dragon
flying dragon menaces Gulf of Mexico
Tato-Nuts frenzy
Potato flour donuts drive people wild, Ocean Springs
walking to China
Tiny net fishermen wearing white
reel em' in
Hustle, no flow
Charm
Ocean Springs, MS
I can hear them
You gotta admit they look good. Note hive.
cajun lumber
cajun lumber, near Magnolia, Mississippi
care of goldfish
No cruelty here, just prizes
what big ears
Lots of livestock in MS
no thanks
I hear screams
we know we look good
You gotta agree
near Siloam, Mississippi
Farm stand AND peanut brittle
Southern Mississippi
All the basics
mind altering
You take the ride, not me
to die for
Would you stay?
walking to China
Tiny net fishermen wearing white
Tato-Nuts frenzy
Potato flour donuts drive people wild, Ocean Springs
rare Gulf dragon
flying dragon menaces Gulf of Mexico
View from 11
Looking east from my balcony in Biloxi
Tylertown barn
More rural beauty.
Walthall County
Beautiful rural Mississippi.
Surviving condos
Lessons learned.
fun is hard work
Biloxi carnival, surreal surrounded by debris
Fat Tuesday
airborne bead bunch
Comin' my way
bra induced smooch
Not the first time
exactly
TWICE THE VICE
fancy
He's all about the fancy
float tire
the beauty of utility
no editing needed
create your own narrative
no words
no words
kids today
The kids are OK
looking for trouble
None to be found
Nancy
It's the Coast after all
luv
where there's smoke....
mood elevator
Beads look good EVERYWHERE
more beads, less hurricanes
It's all blue from a plane
panties on head
All part of the job
parade ambivalence
He prefers a BBQ
Raked beach, Biloxi
Endless clean up
shimmering king
He likes his destiny
Nancy, Dan, Mardi Gras
Peeps with bribes
somber duties
The family that dances together
Waiting for the krewes
white guys with agenda
Not sure what the agenda is
the giver
You ask, they give
the man!
That what his signs says
reviewing stand with judge
Everyone wants the best view
shriner with fans
Yup, they had the little cars
that's my stepladder
huh?
going home
The Biloxi lighthouse
still standing
Biloxi lighthouse suffered minimal damage
god bless
good while it lasted
going home
hard out here for a pimp
how can they move
how can I complain?
how we wait
whatever gets you through the wait
hustle & flow
i am the man
that's a lot of power
I'm always here
don't forget it
kids today
kids today giving from the heart
heavy
The price of fun
absurd life
absurd life
The Carnival cruise ship. Once home to over 1600 evacuees. Now about 200.
what comes together
Tractors, corvette, house slab
broken
The trees fared poorly, I wonder how many will survive
different waves
in our hi-tech world, communication systems during Katrina mostly sucked
impossible power
Bridge between Biloxi & Ocean Springs...frightening power of wind & water
al fresco dining
Every room with a water view
crane,clothes, highway
Some debris will be here forever, mile upon endless mile of it
elk head, really
An elk head covered with flies in the mud, Pascagoula bayou. How is this possible?
FEMA provides these
FEMA houses Jackson County offices and hundreds of others
home is gone
Demolition is too often the only option, debris totals can't be fathomed
it's only temporary
About 94,000 people are living in FEMA trailers, on the cruise ship & hotels
perhaps a kayak
Bridge out has lengthen the commute and stressed roads with traffic & weight
price reduced
I haven't seen an estimate about how many trees were lost
we used to cook
This home is salvagable
we used to have a wall
This family may have evacuated or abandoned their home
we used to read
A whole life exposed and possibly abandoned
we used to sit
What would it feel like to lose everything?
not a yard sale
Drying out? Ready for trashman?
waveland
Ground zero
white trash
refrigerators, fridges with putrid food, sinks, dishwashers, dryers...
roots with burgers
Felled oak. The destruction is pervasive, there is no escape unless you leave
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Beauty
sunrise with close encounter
welcome to Mississippi
Mardi Gras garnish
Mardi Gras will go on
book
Soon to completely meld into the sand, like us
NOLA
The Quarter still looks good and filled with life, but nearby....
pelicans
Prehistoric and cartoonish, I am always happy to see them
it's all good
House being elevated, FEMA trailer, ripe oranges
timeless small town
AM Country radio, Lucedale
Tired bird
This Sandhill crane survived, their refuge destroyed. They are Endangered
pretty in pink
Bellingrath Gardens, Theodore, Alabama
Curious George at dawn
Someone misses him
we love to hear the trains
They just started running again. They go very fast.
like roses
I have no idea
sunrise over Holiday Inn
Through my window, 6 a.m.
tequila sunrise
I think this is a Hibiscus
you see trailer, we see home.
Emergency Group Housing Site(EGHS)
bird dance
bird dance with pinecone fetish
protecting spirit
Pascagoula. I feel spirit everywhere. Unexpectedly.
Pass Christian
Collected totems where home was
onion on the beach
I was so fascinated to see this onion
onion 2
Mostly peeled, ready for service
sunrise over Biloxi
I walk early, the sunrise is always different
Georgia Katrina Brown
Georgia Katrina Brown, an orphan no more
perfect Mardi Gras
Beads are everywhere. Seemingly emblematic of spirit & survival
as if nothing happened
Horses without a worry
tired too
One little chair, inexplicably upright
R U hungry
I had BBQ porkchops, collard greens, Mac & cheese, cornbread. Route 90
door with snake.
NOLA
tiny leg, no shoe
Many shoes on the beach, but none so tiny
beauty in Pascagoula
Gratefully, some fine coastal home styles survived here and there
Warhol King Cake
Fleur de Lis bakery, Gulfport. Cake with crown, beads, plastic baby.
everyone's tired
Christmas Day
beach with stars dream
stars ripped from some carnival ride rest in the sun
cross and flag, gloaming
Many flags, some crosses...whatever brings comfort and strength
beach with berries fixed.
Red shiny berries with wire assemblage on sand
hobby horse
such a lonely sight
installation Maypole.
Tons of mylar, caution tape, unknown wires and telephone whipped around a piece of restaurant rebar
fence & equipment
Something falling down that will probably be torn down. Will everything be new?
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surf style
Wide open for looting-I imagine the paralyzing fear of the wind
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pancaked house
House smashed down with boat and TV garnish
tilt with tint
Huge hotel stripped of all facade and tilting toward destruction
not Christo
Debris (of all types) still lives in all the trees
with sky
the first thing I see
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Daycare center barely standing
what's black is gone
House with no interior