In 2011 I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Ethiopia with Allie and Tim, and their two small children, to visit Lola Children’s Home in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. Allie and Tim, who live in Cambridge, serve as directors for the orphanage. I had photographed their wedding years ago at...
It was bound to happen eventually. Through some boneheaded move I deleted an incredibly important file. I have no idea how it happened; I simply fired up the Mac this morning, and my to-do list was nowhere to be found. And my trash can was as empty as can be. Can you say “rapidly sinking feeling in the...
Last week I was able to travel to Mississippi and Louisiana and witness firsthand the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Though I grew up on the Alabama Gulf Coast, and visited Mississippi numerous times after Hurricane Camille struck there in 1969, I still wasn’t prepared for how widespread and intense Katrina’s destruction would be. At...
If I can take a minute for a purely personal issue, I’d like to encourage everyone to microchip their cats and dogs, especially if your pet is apt to be outside / beyond the bounds of a fence. Last Saturday, a darling black lab was roaming at large in our neighborhood. He was friendly, well...
