God's Country/ Pennsylvania

My Favorite True Story of the Week:

As I perused the Photo Mag section of my local bookseller, a young man approached to ask if I was from Boston, as my Boston College shirt suggested.
Why, no silly, it's a thriftie purchase.

A brief conversation ensued, and in the process he asked what I did.

With brief pause and a glazed look in his eye, he declared,
"Wow, a photographer... you must think everything is beautiful."

Taken by surprise, and upon instantaneous reflection, I noted to myself that "yes, in fact I do...."

true story #1

Baghdad in Portland/Oregon