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Donkey Shoes

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 woodpainter

I had no idea that donkeys wore shoes until I scanned this slide from my wife. Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. About 1970.

Posted in PictureTagged Afghanistan, donkey, hoof, Mazar-i-Sharif, shoe, shoeing

Happen

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 woodpainter

Of all the things that happened, more didn’t happen

Posted in WordTagged not happen, things happen

Safe Day

July 20, 2020March 1, 2021 woodpainter

We used to casually say “Have a nice day.” Now we say “Stay safe.”

Posted in UncategorizedTagged stay safe

Near Kandahar, 1969

July 19, 2020 woodpainter
Posted in PictureTagged Afghanistan, desert, haze, Kandahar

Two Afghan Boys

July 15, 2020 woodpainter

Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, about 1970

Two Afghan Boys In Mazar about 1970
Posted in PictureTagged 1970, Afghanistan, boys, Mazar

Man, Bread, Chickens

July 12, 2020January 14, 2021 woodpainter

Mazar-i-Sharif, 1971
Posted in PictureTagged Afghanistan, bread, Chickens, Man, Mazar

My First Morning In Afghanistan

June 30, 2020July 1, 2020 woodpainter

Early autumn, 1968. My Peace Corps group arrived in Kabul the evening before. When I arose the next morning and looked out the hotel window, this is what I saw. School girls.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Afghanistan, arrival, Kabul, Peace Corps

Beirut

June 12, 2020 woodpainter

I remember when Beirut was the Paris of the east.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Beirut, Paris

Persepolis

May 22, 2020 woodpainter

1969

Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1969, Persepolis, view

Memories are

May 12, 2020July 20, 2020 woodpainter

Not all things in life are certain–memories are

My mother, written in 1979, age 89

Posted in Uncategorized

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