Category: Stories Told
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Stepping into Barnaby’s
Reconnecting with some warm childhood memories is as easy as going out for pizza.
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Football boys in Berlin
Youthful footballers mugging for my camera.
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The secret of the beer coaster
In Germany, whatever you do, don’t turn your beer coaster over!
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The photograph that made me a photographer
I’m an experience-based learner, and my experience making this photograph spurred me on to learn photography in earnest.
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George Edward (Jack) Frederick, III, 1938-2023
Remembering my favorite uncle, who died today.
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The risks of buying very used cars, or how I blew $2,700 out of my butt
A tale of automotive woe.
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Ein besuch in Deutschland in 1984
As you read this, Margaret and I are in Köln (Cologne), Germany, in our last full day in the country of my mother’s ancestors. It’s my second visit — the first was in 1984, when the Berlin Wall still stood. I’ve been back to Berlin on this trip, and then to Nordrhein-Westfalen, the state in…
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Trying not to wither away
On pushing through my head trash about going to the gym.
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How 25 cents changed my life
The story of how I got into collecting and using old film cameras.
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On avoiding stubble
I hate shaving. There, I said it.
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Tangible connections
A photograph of a childhood neighbor boy triggers an avalanche of memories.