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Florida’s Photographer Laureate
The St. Pete Times has a piece on Florida photographer John Moran, described as the state’s “photographer laureate“. The story has a description of his photo of the Hale-Bopp Comet in 1997:
He spent a year looking for the perfect oak to accompany his famous photograph of Comet Hale-Boppe in 1997 because he wanted the celestial [...]
A Remarkable Death
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Not everyone gets to die like Laura Mankamyer — surrounded by love in her own home, at peace with the plans made, the care received and whatever lies ahead.
On her last day, she still heard stories about herself, smiled and ribbed others in a whisper. Her room with the big bay window looking out [...]
Louisville Needs Dogs
Louisville Courier-Journal:
As part of the nation’s homeland security effort, five Louisville International Airport police officers were sent to Texas over the past three years to become certified handlers of bomb-sniffing dogs.
Today, not a single certified dog or officer is patrolling at the airport, The Courier-Journal has found.
Three officers left the much-publicized program under questionable circumstances; [...]
Rejoicing
I rarely write of matters of faith, which I believe are extremely personal in nature. If you are offended by such discussion or don’t believe it’s appropriate, that’s cool – just don’t read on.
A member of our congregation is the cousin of Beth Stroud, the former United Methodist minister who was removed from ordination earlier [...]
The Bride Was 7
Paul Salopek, writing in the Chicago Tribune:
THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA — Tihun Nebiyu the goat herder doesn’t want to marry. She is adamant about this. But in her village nobody heeds the opinions of headstrong little girls.
That’s why she’s kneeling in the filigreed shade of her favorite thorn tree, dropping beetles down her [...]
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