February 16, Friday, marks the Year of the Dog

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Ranking as the eleventh animal in Chinese zodiac, Dog is the symbol of loyalty and honesty. People born in the Year of the Dog possess the best traits of human nature. They are honest, friendly, faithful, loyal, smart, straightforward, venerable and have a strong sense of responsibility. 


Colors in Luang Prabang, Laos

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Evening light on the corner of a building sometime in early 2000s.


The Country Girl in Big Bend

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Laddawan in the basin of Big Bend National Park with the “window” in the far background.


What sound is this…

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Part of a two-decade documentary project on rural backwoods churches in deep East Texas.


The Moustache Brothers of Mandalay

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The legendary Moustache Brothers of Mandalay with their father in 2006. For a profile on the comics and their struggle with the Burmese military click here.


More Backwoods Churches

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Pax et Lux


Chaos In The Gum Machine

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“Don’t worry, I’ve got everything under control.”


A Kind of Writer…

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Ernest Hemingway at “La Consula”, Bill Davis’ estate in Spain, circa 1959. Photograph by Mary Hemingway.

“I’m the kind of writer who can discard a sheet of manuscript paper without crumpling it up into a ball.” – Ernest Hemingway.


More Backwoods Churches

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Abandoned church in the Big Thicket area, circa 70s-80s. Part of a documentary project I started on my own.

 


Backwoods Churches Documentary Project

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A picture from a documentary project I worked on about backwoods churches in the Big Thicket in the 70s and 80s.