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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Mike Stephens passes - a tribute


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Life is short
Quit your job.
Turn off the TV.
Go outside and play.

The photo behind the title header was made by Clair Kofoed in NE Oregon several years ago - Jesse pointing, Huns flushing, and me thinking about the camera and shooting behind.

This century's quotes

"Over the long haul of life on this planet, it is the ecologists, and not the bookkeepers of business, who are the ultimate accountants."

- Stewart Udall, 1970

"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"

- Unknown

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Photo: Clair Kofoed

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"Buddy" - Wenaha Strongheart
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