Straddling the hemispheres, Ecuador (2006)

I have one foot in the northern hemisphere (the left foot) and one foot in the southern hemisphere (the right foot) since I am facing east. Unless I'm facing west, in which case my left foot would be in the southern hemispehere and my right in the northern.

Playing the Saxophone

Will says that the definition of a gentleman is a man who knows how to play the saxophone but doesn't. By that definition I guess that I'm a gentleman. But I did go through a period where I was pretty into the sax. I used to practice almost every night down in the den with the door shut so I wouldn't bother sleepers.

With my brother jammin' on the old alto, before I got the bari.



A year or so later, again with my brother. He has the same expression on his face.



I even went so far as to play in the second-string big band.





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Puerto Angel, Mexico (Summer 1999)

Puerto Angel is on the Pacific Coast, directly south from Oaxaca city. There I met a photographer from San Francisco by the name of Alan Dejecacion. Somehow the two of us arranged to go fishing with this guy.



We got up at the crack of dawn and went out on the ocean. The limit was one pez espada per fisherman per day. First he caught the fish he was to use for bait, and then he caught his swordfish.



My photos were pretty the same as Alan's, just not as good, so I'm posting his.



Alan is in front on the right. Where's Mark?




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