Life in a Nutshell

Sushi for Dinner

International law is that law which the wicked do not obey and the righteous do not enforce.

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Abba Eban

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.

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—	Oliver Wendall Holmes

I ♥ Iraq (العراق): As written on a security barrier at an Iraqi police station.

Something a Marine Might Say

Question: Did you feel anything when you killed him?

Answer: Yeah, the recoil.

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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

A homeless man on the streets of Washington, D.C.

I took this picture in Baltimore without looking as I passed by; it was the same technique I used in Iraq to take pictures surreptitiously.

Saying goodbye from so long, long ago… and yet still so much thinking to do.

She Calls Me Uncle Ella

A friend recently sent me a message that warmed my soul:

“She has asked every day since you were here if you are coming back later…this means that you have no excuse not to come visit on your next trip down! ;-) This morning she told me that she had so much fun with Ella. I thought that she was talking about our trip to the lake with her friend, Ella, yesterday. I was asking her what she enjoyed most and she said that Ella let her take pictures. I had my camera, but neither girl took pictures, so she said, ‘No, mom! Uncle Ella!’ Besides having a place in my heart, you have one in hers as well.”