Category Archives: Photos

Two Weeks in the Dirt

Have you ever been an immigrant construction worker? The last two weeks of February, I was the supervisor of the dump trucks at a construction site for an NGO in Battambang, Cambodia. This is much less prestigious than it may … Continue reading

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Tour in New England

On a whim, I went on tour in New England. I was honored to hit the road for a week as the opening act for my good friends in the band, Markets and Dwellers. A couple weeks ago, I snagged … Continue reading

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Hot & Cold – Young & Old

Tonight, i had red wine, green beans and blue milk for dinner. I would be a bad uncle if I had not been able to come up with some food coloring when little Tess asked for blue milk. I am … Continue reading

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Three-Two-One

Time flies, but so do i. 3, 2, and 1 are related to my life in a number of ways right now, no pun intended. In the past 3 days, i had 2 concerts at nursing homes and 1 concert … Continue reading

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for the love of dogs!

In the mountains, people take their dogs everywhere–or perhaps the dogs take their people everywhere. Either way, at the mountaintop parties where the dancing lasts until sunrise, there are always dogs and people jolling about together. Sometimes, you’ll see a … Continue reading

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Days & Nights

“Shane, are you okay? I have not seen you have your vitamin C yet this morning.” “What’s that, Momma T?” “You know, Coffee. Your vitamin C!” We laughed around the breakfast table. This morning was my last breakfast with the … Continue reading

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“home,” part one.

i am home. This post is part one because i have much, much more to say about the trip. i flew, then time flew, then i flew home. i only had time to take one day the whole way off … Continue reading

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a taste of snow: “sledventuring!”

The recent snowfalls have provided some excellent opportunities for some sledventuring, which is the national sport of Pennsylvania. Yes, i hereby declare that Pennsylvania is a worthy enough entity to be awarded a national sport. This here photo is Ian … Continue reading

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the real world.

i’ve been somewhat perturbed by the thought of having to “join the real world.” This might just be a post sort of about me. If you hadn’t noticed, most of these posts are about the things i do, not how … Continue reading

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bleeding together

The days are really bleeding together now–not like wounded soldiers or mischievous brothers, more like the different dyes in a hurried batik. ‘Time’ flies and crawls and flies some more. Soon, i’ll be flying back to that land where i have … Continue reading

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