Memorial Day

Stupid Fascist Camps.
Kalipeda, Lithuania. Summer 2010.

Santa Fe

Good times!

My Favorite Place

Longwood, Holidays 2009?

Russian Reunion

Summer, 2010.

La Aventura Mexicana

Ensenada, Mexico. January 2010.

Self Portrait # 5

The other side. Summer 2010.

Another Moz song about me

In celebration of Moz's birthday

A few days late...

but none the less, I still remembered.

*smirk*

Lillies

I love taking pictures of flowers.

Doctor, My Eyes!

I don't know how normal people deal with aging, but I know that I am not coping well with the small footprints of time that begin to manifest in various forms and in different ways across my being.

In particular though, the appearance of something in my eyes has been increasingly troubling. About a month ago, I finally did go see a doctor about it, where I was basically ridiculed for even noticing anything in the first place. With my instance, I did get a referral and finally was able to go to the eye doctor the other day, where I was given a name (unpronounceable and one I can't even remember) of the problem and told that it would not go away. Of course, once at home, and left to the devices of the internet, I am free to Google away and increase my worry and sense of gloom and doom. Even more so, the culprit does seem to be Arizona or more general, the Southwest.

As if I was not already over this place, I have now several medical reasons for wishing to leave this desert behind... Beautiful as it may be, I don't think that this Northeast girl was ever meant to live in such a climate that apparently has done nothing but torture my body in a variety of unpleasant ways.

I am just over it all.

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

As much as I feel that I am ready to leave my Southwest home, I would miss the color, the geography, the Mexican influence... So many things. And I try to think about where I would go in place of Tucson? The answer is almost anywhere, but really?

They Say You Can't Go Home Again...

...and most of the time, I tend to agree. It's been a long time since I've returned to one of my homes--since 2005 to be exact. Back to the days when this blog first appeared, before my adventure lead me away to Ukraine. I should return back in more than a month. It should be... nostaglic? We'll see.

Life on Mars

Self Portrait # 4

Flagstaff, cross-country skiing.

Also So Many Years Ago...

I returned last summer, hoping to take my own photos (as my Russia photos vanished through the postal service) but the Summer Gardens were under construction.

Maybe next time. Hoping there is a next time.

So Many Years Ago....

I have such a hard time remembering much of anything these days from that time period. I prefer to attribute it to personal development rather than old age!

Self Portrait # 3

Hotel George, Lviv, Ukraine, winter 200?. Room 82.

What a View

A storm is coming, summer 2009? 2010?

One of my Favorites

Last May

Due to the abundance of rain we received during last year's fall, we were welcomed in the spring by many beautiful flowers, covering the desert floor.

This year, we don't seem to be so lucky, but hopefully in the coming weeks I'll have some opportunities to scout out the desert.