WE'RE SMOKIN' -- gagging on forest fire smoke actually. No matter which way the wind blows, it will drag a few tons of particulates along, until it rains -- a lot.

Remembering my friend Georgio at: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Ida's Places in Paris -- from my first jet-lagged day by the Seine.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

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Spitfires of the Spaceways
UPDATED! Wilma Deering & Dale Arden to the rescue; Bodacious Princess Aura I; Hapless Aura II; The fiery Emperor Ming; The Orson Welles Rumor Debunked; and BOTH incarnations of Jean Rogers!
Read my latest Spitfires in Context essay.

Charity Alert: Make a resolution this Summer to click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: Videotaping and editing, installing classroom equipment -- I'm a busy boy! At my other job, I'm photographing some African artifacts, like the example below from the Internet.

Media Watch: I joined Facebook today. I will explore what purposes it might serve for wider communication -- MySpace didn't really thrill me, but it helped maintain contact with a couple of interesting people with whom I might have lost track. Now that Rupert Murdoch owns Dow-Jones will I get "friend requests" from Wall Street too? I already get more than enough %$#@! spam from porn hucksters, although it's not supposed to be allowed. Yeah RIGHT, Rupert!


Beaded Ndembele dolls from South Africa -- I am photographing a number of their close cousins, and some other objects from humankind's Mother Continent.