Columbus Junction, IA, 2004

Snow Mountain, CA, 2005

Durban, South Africa, 2004

The funny thing about spending a good bit of time in Southern Africa is that when you get comfortable in your day-to-day routine, you generally could be anywhere, since life has such similarities all across the globe. But then you run into this:
Or a caterpillar that looks like it could eat your arm off. Or a Pondoland snail that appears ready and able to swallow your head. Or naughty monkeys raiding the trash bins in the backyard. Then you stop yourself and say, oh yeaaaaah, I'm in Africa.

Chapel Hill, NC, 1996

Argh, what time. A hurricane, for god's sake! Could the symbolism have been more overt?! What is there to say except indeed all was uprooted (eventually), but still, I adore the angles here and Sarah's...well, everything about her in this photo, especially her loud, infectious laugh that comes ringing through clear as day. But back to the subject at hand, yeah, I don't want to have an orgy with any of you. Sorry.