welcoming winter

patches of ice are forming on the lakes...
my windshield in the morning - i don't want to talk about it
water meets earth
at least some people can find ways to make fun out of the snow...

Football

As the fall sports season is winding down (I promise, I'm not TOO excited!) the stakes are getting higher for the teams still in it. On Saturday I covered a rainy, muddy, all-American style football game, which reminded me how far away my recent travels took me. Nonetheless, I had a blast covering it. I don't think the teams were quite as thrilled about playing in the slop, but for me it was visual field day. Here are a few of my favorites - and luckily I'll get one more go-around on the high school football circuit this Saturday at the State Championships. Let's see what the weather can throw at us this time (please not snow though...)

since I've been back...

Don't worry, I'm not skipping over all my stuff from Nigeria and Rwanda - I'm simply still wading through the editing process. I hope to get some more stuff from my travels up here soon, and definitely onto my website. So stay tuned...

In the meantime, here are two images from my first week back in Concord. It was a bit of a fuzzy transition, and I think I am just now starting to feel all pieced back together.

high school girls get together for a pickup game of hockey

Fred Dawes has decided, at 80-so-odd years of age, to establish a credit union in his home town of Webster, NH in order to loan out small sums of money to local families who are feeling the current crunch of the economy. He also lives in a beautiful house located on Lake Winnepocket, which happens to reflect quite nicely on his out-facing windows...

Hill Station Hotel, Jos Nigeria

The High Plateau State - a land of many adventures. Here are two images from the hotel we called home while in Jos...