I decided that instead of doing writing about the last week or so, I'd let a handful of photos that I took tell the story. This photoset is different from my normal in a handful of ways -- the most obvious, I think, is that the vast majority of these were shot with my cell phone, rather than with a DSC! "Quality" and "composition" were not necessarily the #1 things that I tried to achieve with many of these. The vast majority of these are completely unedited.

In many respects, this is much less of a photoset than a visual blog entry. Below are a few moments from my life recently that I wanted to share with you. For some of them, I had the feeling of a deep, visceral, gritty reality -- I'm not sure how else to convey it. So, without further ado, here they are.

I hope you enjoy.