Gametime!

To the lights and sound, to the thrill and passion

were we drawn as supplicants to a temple...

Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA

Evening

"Oh God, thy sea is so large;

And my boat is so small."

Battlefield Sunset

The day ends at Gettysburg.

The Pyramid of Kukulcan

Mayan Dusk

The ancient observatory at Chichén Itzá.

Autumn Glory

This has been a spectacular autumn here in the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. Here's just a few examples...

Nah, nobody wants to come here.

Inbound lanes at the San Ysidro border crossing.

Autumn Skyscapes.

"Take me home on a country road..."

A Pennsylvania farm on an autumn day.

Can there be no more peaceful a time than to walk a garden path on a carpet of fallen Cherry Blossoms?

In LIne Abreast

USS Brewton (FF-1083), USS McClusky (FFG-41), USS John Young (DDG-973), and the legendary USS Long Beach (CGN-9) in the Western Pacific. Scanned from a Photograph.

Berbera, Somalia

It is a sad truth that Americans who complain about being poor

have no clue what real poverty is.

The Canyons of Gotham

New York City...and a touch of Paris.

"I want to wake up in a City that never sleeps..."

Manhatten after dark.

Sacred Ground: The Impact Site of Flight 93

"Heroism is latent in every human soul, however humble or unknown.
In great deeds, something abides.
In great fields, something stays.
Spirits linger to consecrate the ground.
And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not,
shall come to this field to ponder and to dream.
And the power of the vision will pass into their souls."

--Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

The Tree of Shame at Deal's Gap

Deal's Gap, a section of US Highway 129 along the southwest border of Smokey Mountains National Park, is considered one of the penultimate tests of a motorcyclist's skill. The tightly twisted road, known as "The Dragon," boasts 318 sharp curves in it's 11-mile length. The "Tree of Shame," an otherwise unassuming Sycamore, carries the symbolic remains of those who failed to complete the course, having been "bit by the Dragon."

"Have a seat and tell me your troubles."

Tweeter, the quintessential listener.

"That from these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion."

Arlington National Cemetary, looking towards the former home of Robert E. Lee.
“Perform, then, this one act of commemoration before this Day passes:
Remember.”

Alpha and Omega

USS MISSOURI and USS ARIZONA, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

"All wars have two places in common: Where the blood first flowed, and where the killing ended."

Everything that happened that day was personal.

One of the thousands of personal commemorations left anonymously at the Flight 93 Memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Paris, France...Nevada

Lost In Translation

Out of order sign laboriously translated from Korean to English.

War Memorial, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Autumn in the Conemaugh Valley

Morning in the Great Smokies

There is no finer accompaniment to deep thought than the quiet murmurs of a small stream.

Housatonic River, Connecticut

"C'mon...Let's Go Play!"

Water Street, Vancouver, BC

"You are the flank!"

Position of the 20th Maine Regiment, Little Round Top, Gettysburg, PA

Where you go to find the wild beasties...

Floating Over Johnstown

New York City...Nevada

Scraping the Sky

Sunset Flight

San Diego Bay

Moonlit Ligonier, PA

The Queen's Staircase

Nassau, Grand Bahamas

The Wonder of Human Expression

The Guggenheim, New York City

Companion