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Sharon Riley’s Lytle Land & Cattle Co. features a mesquite-grilled menu and an old West Texas Decor. AbileneBiz.com Mgazine, June 2008.
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[© Gleison Miranda/FUNAI]
I came across this article and photograph during my morning cruise through my Google Reader feeds. Truly amazing to contemplate, especially in this day of (supposedly) pervasive coverage by satellites and so on.
I am reminded of Buster and his dreams of becoming a cartographer being dashed by his cynical family. See, [...]

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I recently traded a few lenses to obtain an EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM lens. I am really enjoying it, although I am missing the near-indestructible build quality of the “L” series lens I sold to get it. The extra stop of light (from f/4 to f/2.8) coupled with the Image Stabilization system [...]

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So, we don’t live in the greatest neighborhood. Lower income, lots of turnover…lots of multi-vehicle-yet-single-driveway type houses. Across the street, our neighbor keeps this big RV thing, and tonight while I was grilling burgers, I noticed the sunset caught in the windows.
And, it’s been a week since I last posted, so I felt [...]

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Abilene Christian High School graduates listen during the ACHS graduation ceremony Friday at Cullen Auditorium on the campus of Abilene Christian University. May 24, 2008.

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I’ve been hanging out at home this week, and have a new lens that is just itching to be played with. One of these days, I’m going to take it out and see what it can really do. Until then, here’s Dirk the Chicken looking like he’s being interrogated. “Why DID you [...]

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An amazing story of forgiveness and embrace from Rwanda. Thanks to the friends who notified me of it.
I have seen the power of the “gacaca” courts the article mentions. I am so glad to hear stories like this coming out. While the dominant narrative of Rwanda will likely always be the genocide, [...]

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After the tornadoes come bright blue skies and puffy white clouds.

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There were some blue eyes, and there was a lot of rain (and tornadoes), but mostly this was a sharpness test of the recently delivered Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM. Deliciously sharp, and incredibly blue (lens and eyes, respectively).

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