In 2020 the Acropolis Restoration Committee invited me to submit my photographs to the Restoration project. They selected one and it currently resides at their website where it’s #21 on their Focusing on Restoration page.
We had the opportunity to meet Brigadier General Bob Cardenas while producing our documentary “The Invisible Ones: Homeless Combat Veterans.” He was one of several good souls who appear in the show, talking about the topic of homeless veterans.
When the grizzly charged her, out there in the Yukon wilderness, everything seemed to shift into slow motion for Patty Mooney. “There is this moment–in time and space–when everything slows down and you realize, ‘Somebody is trying to eat me.’ I was the one carrying the shovel. I might have used it, but I don’t know how much good it would have done.”
We have come far, having elected Barack Obama as our first African-American President. President Barack Obama
Barack Obama, President of the United States
Yet, still we see how racism still ravages our country. Look at how popular Donald Trump is among a certain segment of Americans who seem to suffer from a fear of people with skin a different color from their own. How can we move past such intolerance, such primitive thinking? To Kill a Mockingbird Harper LeeThis quandary brings to mind the movie “To Kill a Mockingbird” from the novel written by Harper Lee. And it brings to mind the great actor, Gregory Peck, who won an Oscar for his role as Atticus Finch in 1962.
A teacher’s encouragement can light the candle that guides their student for a lifetime. My passion for poetry steered me towards college where I signed up for a poetry course with Carolyn Forché. The 24-year-old Carolyn, a brilliant poet, was about to achieve poetic fame by winning the Yale Younger Poets award with her book called “Gathering the Tribes” in 1975.
“The company started as a hobby. I was glad that other cameramen were interested in my invention and wanted to work with Easyrig.” – Johan Hellsten, Inventor
