Framing Rainier w Sail Boat. I have been exploring a little more with my bike recently in the Seattle area. What a wild [meaning GREAT] place when it is nice out. I should mention that the days like the one above depicted in this photo are few when looking atContinue Reading

Candy Store in Jerusalem, originally uploaded by papalars. This is a foto of a little shop inside the old city of Jerusalem where I visited in March. The man was kind enough to let me take his portrait. I found his square unit very interesting if not a little claustrophobic.Continue Reading

Downtown Chicago from the Hancock Building, originally uploaded by papalars. We used to talk about "refried" sermons in Mexico when you took something your preached in one church and did it again in another. Of course I never do that in the US. Ha-ha. Well, you have a refried blogContinue Reading

Khalid, originally uploaded by papalars. I’ve been thinking recently of our trip to the Middle East and to Jerusalem and the experience we had with the shop owner on the Via Dolorosa–literally the “street of pain!” Luke’s story of Christ’s Triumphal Entry into the very city whose streets we walkedContinue Reading

The Space Needle at Christmas, originally uploaded by papalars. I don't know about you but I always feel the space between Christmas and New Year's is kind of dead. The build up to Christmas is always intense and the pace of life often not conducive to reflection or solitude. ThenContinue Reading