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SEPTEMBER 15, THURSDAY (ACTUALLY FRIDAY)

FIRST PHOTOGRAPH For anyone else my trip to Greenville, South Carolina to the nearest Apple Store to pick up my preordered iPhone 14 Pro would seem both an extravagant waste of money and an unneeded waste of time. But for

SEPTEMBER 15, THURSDAY (ACTUALLY FRIDAY)

FIRST PHOTOGRAPH For anyone else my trip to Greenville, South Carolina to the nearest Apple Store to pick up my preordered iPhone 14 Pro would seem both an extravagant waste of money and an unneeded waste of time. But for

SEPTEMBER 14, WEDNESDAY

TRANSITION This I had a great weekend driving around Western North Carolina with Todd and Susie. But this morning I woke at 3 a.m. and realized that I had done nothing to get ready to go to Morocco in a

SEPTEMBER 14, WEDNESDAY

TRANSITION This I had a great weekend driving around Western North Carolina with Todd and Susie. But this morning I woke at 3 a.m. and realized that I had done nothing to get ready to go to Morocco in a

SEPTEMBER 13, TUESDAY

DISCOVERING ASHEVILLE I apparently can’t eat and photograph at the same time. Usually photography consumes me but when food is put in front of me I flip out and forget all about photography. So the photographs of the two Asheville

SEPTEMBER 13, TUESDAY

DISCOVERING ASHEVILLE I apparently can’t eat and photograph at the same time. Usually photography consumes me but when food is put in front of me I flip out and forget all about photography. So the photographs of the two Asheville

SEPTEMBER 12, MONDAY

FAMILY OF MAN Today I stopped by Mr. K’s, a second hand bookstore in Asheville to look for inexpensive photography books and found my favorite photography book of all time, The Family of Man. The Family of Man was a

SEPTEMBER 12, MONDAY

FAMILY OF MAN Today I stopped by Mr. K’s, a second hand bookstore in Asheville to look for inexpensive photography books and found my favorite photography book of all time, The Family of Man. The Family of Man was a

SEPTEMBER 11, SUNDAY

DRIVING THROUGH WESTERN CAROLINA Sunday started out with breakfast with Dana Nagle and Julia Tarr, friends since childhood. Julia lives in Chapel Hill but was here to visit her friend, Dana. She was also a student of mine who made

SEPTEMBER 11, SUNDAY

DRIVING THROUGH WESTERN CAROLINA Sunday started out with breakfast with Dana Nagle and Julia Tarr, friends since childhood. Julia lives in Chapel Hill but was here to visit her friend, Dana. She was also a student of mine who made

SEPTEMBER 10, SATURDAY

THE FEAST It rained all day Saturday and we were shut in until in the middle of the afternoon it finally let up a little. We drove to a feast being cooked up by Paul Dixon who loves to cook

SEPTEMBER 10, SATURDAY

THE FEAST It rained all day Saturday and we were shut in until in the middle of the afternoon it finally let up a little. We drove to a feast being cooked up by Paul Dixon who loves to cook

SEPTEMBER 9, FRIDAY

RANDALL’S HOUSE Randall Lanier is a fellow octogenarian, a former social worker, who lives in the hills above Hot Springs at the edge of the Pisgah National Forest and the Appalachian Trail on enough land that his two sons and

SEPTEMBER 9, FRIDAY

RANDALL’S HOUSE Randall Lanier is a fellow octogenarian, a former social worker, who lives in the hills above Hot Springs at the edge of the Pisgah National Forest and the Appalachian Trail on enough land that his two sons and

SEPTEMBER 8, THURSDAY

TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE This was my home for the next three days as we drove around Western North Carolina to feasts and celebrations. I was very comfortable sleeping in Susie’S studio. Todd and Susie had just finished making a

SEPTEMBER 8, THURSDAY

TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE This was my home for the next three days as we drove around Western North Carolina to feasts and celebrations. I was very comfortable sleeping in Susie’S studio. Todd and Susie had just finished making a

SEPTEMBER 7, WEDNESDAY

TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE I am invited this weekend to spend a night or two at Todd and Susie’s country home. Twenty two years ago Todd and Susie heard about 15 acres for sale in Madison County, down in a

SEPTEMBER 7, WEDNESDAY

TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE I am invited this weekend to spend a night or two at Todd and Susie’s country home. Twenty two years ago Todd and Susie heard about 15 acres for sale in Madison County, down in a

SEPTEMBER 6, TUESDAY

LIFE STAGES I had breakfast in Asheville this morning, invited by Jude Stuecker and Emily Staton, former Warren Wilson college students who traveled to India with me years ago. Emily was here in town visiting Jude, and breakfast was before

SEPTEMBER 6, TUESDAY

LIFE STAGES I had breakfast in Asheville this morning, invited by Jude Stuecker and Emily Staton, former Warren Wilson college students who traveled to India with me years ago. Emily was here in town visiting Jude, and breakfast was before