of trees and dreams…

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is there anything better than a childhood dream?  9 year old Gracie Johnson dreams of becoming a photographer….she lives now in the Virginia town where i also dreamed of being a photographer at about the same age…Gracie and her family are part of my American family series Off For A Family Drive…Gracies’ father,  U.S.Navy Capt. Andrew Johnson was the Director of Medical Operations on the first wave of Haitian relief after the earthquake serving on the military’s largest hospital ship Comfort…

symbiotic stuff….

so here at Burn we are creating Circus Magazine  for photographers 18 and under…young Gracie will of course be a candidate photographer…. with less than 6  degrees of separation, we are also working in the kindred spirit of her physician father Capt. Johnson and will be using the fee many of you contributed as part of the EPF  grant award for Burn  to send approximately $6,000. to Doctors Without Borders specifically to be used for Haitian relief efforts….

this year the Emerging Photographer Fund grant will be given to one of 25 finalists…more than double the number of finalists as last year…this will be a very tough call for the jury that i will name next week….while i am very proud that the tenor of Burn has made it so that generous donors have made it possible to give out a $15,000. grant for 2010 for the completion of one photographer’s project, i still want to be on the leading edge of a wave that will help as many of the talented unknown as possible…

after allotting first for Haitian relief, then paying our fee to Slideroom for making the whole entry and judging process easy, Burn is left with a small profit from your entry fees…we had approximately 1000 entries…..so what to do with the profit?

Anton and i figured we had three choices: Do we?

(a) take a vacation in the Bahamas

(b) throw a helluva party in my loft in New York

(c) give the money back to the readers of Burn

those who know me, know the answer….and Anton is of like mind…yup (c), we are giving the money back to you….

starting on July 1, 2010 Burn Magazine will start paying for every essay and single published online in our magazine….

we will have to start with a token payment of $500. per essay for one time use rights on work that comes to us through submissions…more for a first time exclusive….we are confident this number will rise significantly as we seek outside support….now we are doing this with your money….a big circle….the right thing to do in this nebulous time in the world of publishing…

Burn will not last forever…Burn will always be small….we only care about one thing at Burn and it matches the way i feel about everything i do…i just want Burn to set high standards and live by example…and in this case hopefully stimulate the “big guys” to follow suit…the large media companies , even with advertising for support , are thinking of every way possible to keep from paying photographers for online content, and we at Burn are thinking of every way possible  to make sure the young photojournalists and artists of our time are compensated for their work….so, this is our brick in the wall…and oh yes, i am still working on assignments for Burn readers and icons as well…be patient, this is part of it…this is how it will happen….

photography has never been a professional choice either craft or art where people were expecting to become wealthy…photographers work from their deepest passions, either artistic or journalistic…yet, compensation so that they may continue their passion and yet feed their families seems to me to be fair enough….

i want to take this time to thank Andrew and Melissa Johnson and their beautiful children Critt, Cole, and sweet Gracie for allowing me into their lives….yes, i have made a few pictures with medium format film for my personal project, but what will be even better is if Burn gives Gracie a good digital camera so that she will have the opportunity to photograph her family from the real inside….soon to be published on Circus….

done…..

…dah….

2270 Responses to “of trees and dreams…”


  • No hurry, kh, I think it would be great to have him featured here at some point.

    On another subject, what’s with Jim Powers, guys? Has he left the “building”?

  • DAH, Anton,

    a) would be understandable,
    b) would be most interesting,
    but c) is just awesome

    good call you guys methinks

    It does change burn; dramatically I think; but it does evolve and like anything which is living, and breathing; evolution is necessary to survive and prosper.

    Wow.

    Best folks.

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    What an awesome couple! long life to burn mag! Best source of inspiration!

    PS: Bob Black, uhmm shit happens… when you write loooooooooooong comments, maybe it’s better to do it in a word document, then Copy and Paste :-)

    Pat.

  • CIVI

    yes, CIVI. all of my grandparents were aegean islanders, born and raised in symi. my grandfather had a goat named martha and spent his early teenage years in africa before arriving at ellis island. his stories included vivid descriptions of those he befriended, as well as everything he ate, during his travels through italy and france toward america.

    my mom has three sisters, all of whom were born in the states. one of her sisters moved to thessaloniki roughly fifty years ago. she and my uncle just visited. they and my cousins spend a lot of time in cassandra and katerini. they call me psaroukla (big fish) because i love swimming and snorkeling in their/YOUR beautiful water.

    regarding HAIK — one of the warmest, nicest people ever — i have been wondering the same.

    ANNA B.

  • David and Anton, this is really ground-breaking and inspiring!
    I hope that others will soon follow your paradigm.
    As for Circus Magazine, I would love to see it growing up together with the young photographers that will help to establish.

  • Herve, LOL!

    Civi, Maybe you trade someone for strange chickens when your chicks are big enough. Trade to a “nice home in the country” situation. Can you eat strange chicken? Ones without names? Giggle.

    DAH, you are amazing and very faithful. I’ve expressed my appreciation many times on this blog; consider them said again.

    Just returned from a trip to my cousin’s in Tahlequah. I took 6 photographs; there were many more I could have taken but I was in such awe of the love language in their home. When I think back on my time in their home I have memories of sitting in stunned silence as Connie (my cousin’s wife of 30 years) cradles his head during a seizure, her constant monitoring his needs without taking away his sense of independence, and her gifts waiting for me when I arrived. His body is seized by these violent motions every waking hour. Those times when he can actually throw dice during a family game are only possible because some hours are spent with just half of his body moving all the time.

    The light for taking photos was sickly but in my mind I remember only white loving light. A walk through the property garden of my apartment, I look back through the trees and see a painting. And I realized the bubbling brook that crosses the property was at the top of its banks. It was still gurgling but deep brown, with trees hanging into its path from the storm. Think I will head for higher ground. They are forecasting an inch of rain tonight.

    Going to a concert and will probably stay in town. More reports later. No time to read all the comments just skimmed and then commented. I will read more later. Jenny I have figured out the Lulu.com thing. Thanks.

    Anton, ordering your magazine/book.

  • Something for all the CIVILIAN chicken facnciers…….

  • John Vink, Brothers Panos and Herve and Sister KH:

    Hey, i got a note from Yumi Goto that Mitome Tadao is in BKK now shooting…

    those who dont know this great japanese photographer, look here

    http://www.harpersbooks.com/details.php?record=12770&URLPAIR=%2F%2Fwww.harpersbooks.com%2Fauthor.php%3Fauthor%3D%28Sanrizuka%29.%2B%255BMITOME%252C%2BTadao%255D.

  • Patricio ;)))))))))))

    that is why i DO NOT want to type in a word document here under comment section….this place is like a home and a point of discussion :)))….now, when i publish essays/stories/poems, then i work on word document, but here i’m willing to take the endless typos (i type fast but not terribly accurately) and grammar train wrecks, as i’m typing using in between teaching or running to a subway (as now)….

    shit happens, and damn it helps to make this place fecund! :)))

    sorry for the long comments….

    ok, gotta fly

    HUGS HUGS TO HERVE FOR THE RETURN :)))

    b

  • HEY ALL….
     
     
     
     
    THANK YOU for all your kind comments and support…
     
     
    When David and I discussed this over Skype the day before yesterday, it literally took us two seconds to come to the conclusion that all should be given back… and literally another two seconds later we knew the only way could be the way we are going to do it now… a full four-second decision, so to speak :-)
     
     
    this little place we all built, this great community… and maybe also a little prodding to the biggies might be watching… support one another please, it’s all that counts.
     
     
    I sincerely hope we can pull it off LONG TERM and that we don’t run out of money too soon… BUT … we are settting a trend and supporting talent as much as we can and we believe in that… and we are equally sure that others will rise and come forward and join us to carry this forward and make it grow
     
     
     
    again, thanks all for your support……………………………….
     
     
     
    hugs,
    anton
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    PS.
    ON A PERSONAL NOTE, thank you everyone for spreading the word about 893 Magazine, and some even buying a copy. It’s great to see things actually turn into reality, not only the arduous & hard work creating it, but also seeing people actually buy a copy! It humbles me beyond belief.
     
     
    oh and for those who asked: going for Lulu was a purely practical decision specifically for the magazine format… I needed the combo US Letter portrait + saddle stich binding (stapled) so i could create the magazine look i was after, and as far as i researched only Lulu offered that option as print-on-demand. If someone knows alternatives, I’d be happy to hear
     
     
    I’ll keep on making issues, one every 6 months, or more if i can manage, until the actual book is ready to go… So magazine and book are very complementary and also very different concepts at the same time…. More to come on that front, stay tuned…
     
     
     
     
    thanks all of you…
     
     

  • jenny lynn walker

    BOB: Many thanks for the link. There’s a number of great photographers here – Agnes Dherbys among them as you know. I just hope that any ideas of heroics – which are inevitably being stirred up by the injustice of what is happening – are not attempted without some precautions on the personal safety front.

    ALL: What’s all the interest in Bangkok all of a sudden anyway? I hope I get to share some of my work but I spent my last note (20Bht) on toothpaste this morning and can no longer upload to Photoshelter. Trying to figure out a way now. Happy I’ve found a place that offers free internet access.

    Just one thing: this whole HIGH-TECH Red Shirt campaign across the past 2 months has been mind boggling – brilliantly orchestrated, marketed and up-to-the-minute responsive with a HIGH-SPEED ‘education’ on inequality and class division being delivered at the same time.
    Late last night, at the Silom protest site (the day following the shooting of one of the ‘pillars’ of the protest) the atmosphere was a little muted. But, there are still thousands of protestors there and those I spoke to said they have no intention of going home and most (but not all) know that their lives are on the line. The last I spoke to – an unpaid volunteer at one of the first aid stations – said he would rather die than continue being ‘the dust under the shoes’ of the establishment.

  • jenny lynn walker

    ANTON: So excited for you! : ) Can’t wait to see your book as soon as I’m able and like the sound of the look of the magazine – the US Letter portrait when you open it as a spread is much easier on the eye than A4 which is so widely used in the UK. Perhaps because it’s more ‘landscape’ – closer to the way we all see?

    PANOS/ALL: What not to love?? Wishing everyone a wonderful and productive day. : )

  • jenny lynn walker

    ALL: Here’s one link to my Bangkok work: http://www.photoshelter.com/gallery/Painting-Bangkok-Red/G0000z9Cr_Sfidao/

    More recent stuff on Facebook under Jenny Lynn Walker (although I have the privacy settings on virtual lock-out).

    And much more ready to upload when possible…

  • jenny lynn walker

    PS The text accompanying that story on Photoshelter needs updating based on the research and information garnered over this past month.

  • Lee

    I was very moved by your post.

    Faced with a demonstration of pure love such as you describe, it is hard to react but in stunned silence. It is a gift to us. I would love to see the six photographs.

    As the parent of a person with special needs, and a member of the sub-culture it creates, I witness such scenes of love and tenderness almost daily at the day program my son attends.

    Brian flapping, the first of four. http://www.pbase.com/glafleur/image/124542714

  • You have been there 2 months? Where can we see your pictures, Jenny?

    PS: About “class division”, more like “clientelism division”: one of the maddening things about Thailand is the total lack of solidarity, class connection between farmers and workers and between these last 2 and immigrants (compare with the reactions from the left-minded against the Arizona law in US or forced repatriations in France/Europe) , and the disconnectedness between social or workplace struggles and political upheavals. Where are the trade union advocacies in the Red Shirts movement? And how come the figurehead of the Red shirts, a rabid free-marketeer, cozied up with a Hun Sen of Cambodia?

    Ask all that to the “dust under the shoes” dude…. (rhetorically, i mean. you don’t really have to ask)

  • Thanks for the link, Jenny!

  • jenny lynn walker

    HERVE: My dear friend? – pity you couldn’t spare a minute to meet me when you were in Bangkok because we could have talked about all of this. I agree with some of what you say but it is a very complex situation, a complex culture and a complex history which can’t be gone into in any depth in a few lines on here. If anyone is interested, I am happy to add links to articles etc that will provide a starting point. I think the Red Shirts look like a ‘right-wing far left’! Just joking because it’s hard to categorize and cannot be seen through the lens of other people’s movements because I don’t believe there’s been one quite like this before. : )

    I see ‘trust issues’ as explaining the lack of solidarity you’ve mentioned – but these relate to the culture. And on the issue of Thaksin and his fortunes – they are clearly built on his spectacular success in the cellular phone industry so yes, he’s a full-on believer in the benefits of free-market economies and, on spreading those benefits around – if in the belief that it’s to the benefit of all as it will increase the populations’ purchasing power. I do need to check out the exact facts and figures but I believe that when he was in office, by just paying 30Bht (which is less than one dollar) anyone could have access to free medical care and hospital treatment. He introduced schemes for widespread access to loans for setting up small businesses and all other sorts of stuff that the man on the street appreciated. Hence his popularity. Don’t forget he’s a self-made man – went from being a policeman to a multi-millionare – on his own efforts.

    It seems to me there is something pretty extraordinary going on here. Anyway, if you want to talk far left, perhaps you can tell me about trade union advocacies in Cuba?

  • Hey All,

    Any Burnians based in Seoul, South Korea? Am going to be in and around the city for a few days next week (probably Wednesday to Friday/Saturday). I know 0 people there, so would be good to meet up!

    Cheers,
    Sean

  • jenny lynn walker

    PS Not to say that this is not just a propaganda effort or an attempt to bring down the monarchy or get back his confiscated assets nor that the protestors are not being used, but there is clearly a high level of income disparity (not just along class lines) and the majority of money is controlled by very few hands, by an elite, and a system that maintains that divide.

    LEE: I would also love to see your latest photographs.

    Sincere apologies for taking up so much space on here. Off out…

  • This is a great initiatives!!! and I love the photo in this post!

  • DAH:

    this is from Gracie (the original – back to the future)

    lookin up ahead on your post…
    1.. you should do it
    2.. i should be in it
    3.. you both are nuts.

    no im serious. your extra money should be spent on extra help. we dont want you guys to be stretched out so thin you both can be in my sandwich!!!

    if you have help already then that’s fine.
    if you dont, im calling your mother.

  • a civilian-mass audience

    raining in Greece…my computer is down…i am transmitting from a friends house…
    can’t see the comments…
    i hope I am in the right aisle…
    can’t see photos…
    I gave away 4 chickens to a family nearby…
    they have kids…I tried to explain about CIRCUS…
    eyes wide open…they told me …that they better stick with the chickens…at least for now…
    hmmm…

    P.S I will be back to see you …I hope that you are out and shooting…or you are pretending that you are shooting…

  • I do need to check out the exact facts and figures but I believe that…

    Anyway, congratulations David and Anton. You done good again.

    I’m way behind on the comments. Don’t know nothing bout thailand. Mostly agree with Panos about the NYT Moment in Time thing, but railing against the exploitation of creative folk is pissing in the wind no less than bemoaning the lack of solidarity among exploited class x and exploited class y in third world country z. My criticism has more to do with the content. At one point the editors bitched about how many photos of puppies, babies and tulips they had received, which set off a torrent of outraged replies by people who took pictures of puppies, babies and tulips. Perhaps I’m way off base, having looked at only a hundred or so out of the 10,000 plus, but it did strike me as an exercise in the maudlin rather than anything remotely approximating a particular moment in time. As I mentioned before, I participated mostly because I enjoy the challenge of doing a spot photo under the duress of an insane time constraint, but my entry did give me a few things to think about. Like most people, I see dead guys in the street all the time but rarely pause to take their photo. On a personal level, I’m okay with that. I feel there’s something a bit sick about photographing dead people in the street if it’s just for a snapshot. But taking a larger view, it would probably be better if a lot more pictures of dead guys in the street were published. It really should be news. The fact that dead people in the street is such a common sight should be news as well. Big news, actually. I’d like to see the New York Times do a “Dead Guy in the Street Day” where photographers from all over the world take pictures of all the dead guys in the street. Wouldn’t that be something? Might actually be a worthwhile way to put all those idle cameras to work. But it really depends on what’s considered worthwhile, doesn’t it? Cause let’s face it, the “worth” of “A Moment in Time” has nothing whatsoever to do with journalism, with actually telling us anything insightful about our world. It’s about hits and publicity. Is there really any worth to seeing dead guys in the street? How are you gonna monetize that? Who wants to see a virtual pile of corpses in the street, much less pay for the privilege? Interesting question that, since the answer is that we all do. Okay, not fair. Not fair, you say? Well, our actions say differently. We may avert our gaze, but we’re still stuck with the bill. But look! Over there! There’s injustice in that country on the other side of the world! Penguins are dying in the antarctic! Tsunami! Earthquake! Oh, the injustice! Don’t mind the dead guy on your own street. Just move along. Nothing to see. Not here. Not now.

  • David and Anton,

    “A doing the right thing kind of feeling” – that’s a bit of an understatement!

    This is a very exciting and unprecedented leap you’re making here.

    I’d like to think that all of us who contribute to Burn, will be on the look out for young photographers we can put forward to appear in Circus.

    As for paying photographers for featuring their work on Burn, that’s both great for all us photographers, but also a great and bold statement to the industry that on-line publishing should be treated seriously and professionally.

    I may be wrong, but this announcement and its legitimizing of Burn as one of the leaders (if not THE leader) in photo publishing today could cause a bit of a whirlwind – perhaps even a tornado – amongst your fellow on-line and print based editors and publishers.

    You’ve worked hard on this, often beyond what seems possible, and supported all of us, and together this has created something very special.

    You deserve to feel good!

    Here’s to now and the future….

    Justin P

  • JUSTIN PARTYKA…

    yes, we think this will cause a whirlwind in the industry….we hope the media giants will follow….i think they will or in some cases partner with us……it is always small companies that prod the big guys…

    GRACIE…

    of course we are crazy…and enjoying every minute of it….Anton’s comment above is exactly how it came down….we KNEW instantly this was THE move…..

    you can call my mother if you want, but she was aware of my condition long ago….

    cheers, david

  • The fact that dead people in the street is such a common sight should be news as well. Big news, actually. I’d like to see the New York Times do a “Dead Guy in the Street Day” where photographers from all over the world take pictures of all the dead guys in the street. Wouldn’t that be something?
    —————————————————————————
    im stealing your idea Michael and calling NYT right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    thanks…brilliant

  • Sean,

    I live in Busan. the south part of peninsula.
    It takes 3 hours by train or 1 hour by plane from Busan to Seoul.
    I can’t be sure if i have a free time in week days… But please try to contact me when you arrive in Seoul…by mail(kyungheekorea@gmail.com) or cp (82-16-9606-1102).

    Is it vacation? if so, could you visit Busan?

  • Gordon – Brian is beautiful: he reminds me of a symphony conductor, marking time to a tune deep within..

  • emcd

    You made me smile. You have no idea how right on the mark you are.

  • training a new Circus photog…he he

  • Gordon, then you know for sure. The six I took are nothing but I do have a series from my previous visit. I will upload them today and post. The issue is always lighting in this series as he has to keep the shades drawn and not many lights and certainly cannot use flash as it sets his seizures off.

    It must be raining all over the world Civi. I wanted to road trip to wherever the rain stopped but weather channel indicates hundreds of miles of rain. Hate driving in the rain. Guess I will have to entertain myself. Hopefully my lodging place is still high and dry. Stayed in a downtown hotel last night; arrived in the rain and woke to the rain.

    Saw an incredible dance company last night at the Walton Arts Center: Momix, Botanica. Fabulous. It seems they are having a show in NYC too. Check them out: http://tickets.waltonartscenter.org/production/view.asp?id=4306&x=3&y=14

    Jenny, saw your photos. I am just now beginning to find out about the red shirt thing. Not been watching the news much except weather channel.

    Lee (or just call me eel since the rain makes for tough mammal travel).

  • Charles P, what is rock photography? Rock climbing and shooting? Or actually taking photos of rocks? I love working with kids. When I return to Maui I am scheduled to teach a photography workshop to at risk kids in a program that teaches basic life skills. Looking forward to that.

  • Lee…;) rock’n'roll..shooting concerts n stuff…

  • Jenny, I never said I could not spare a minute or meet. Where did you see or read that?!?!?

    Cuba? I have no sympathy for Castro and its regime, note that I mentionned France and USA, not “communist” countries.

    Poor and rich, like everywhere, Jenny, even USA.

    But frankly, and thanks to that culture you mention (as well as not so ill-willing administrations since the student revolts of the 70s), of developping 3rd world countries, Thailand is one that fared the best. Just compare with its direct neighbours, and nepal where I think you reside. Or Africa. At every step of its recent history, where others would have gone the wrong way, Thailand sailed thru and adopted sensitive decisions or compromises, that even a strong culture of clientelism/top-down patronage could not derail.

    I do not know if you have been in the region where most of the protesters come from, Issan, the North-east. I know it quite well, and at village level. I think if we want to understand something about Thailand, one needs to go there and stay a while, and I can assure you that despair and hopelessness are not the feelings we will come away from.

    Actually, there are poorer than Issan farmers in Thailand. People with no home, no land, no family support system worth its name. The immigrants, and also the landless hired hands that work in fields, migrating from region to region to make a couple bucks a day. These people are not the ones we see behind the barricades, who are quite informed, not as badly educated as we’d think, not dressed in rags, and with enthusiasm and volubility to spare. Good for them.

    Thaksin. You got most of it wrong. He comes from a sino-thai business family, studied and graduated in the USA, became a police officer (or vice-versa!), and used his connections to operate his “satellite/computerizing” business as a monopoly, at monopoly prices. Nothing reaaly wrong in a “it’s who you know” culture, but already out of the grasp of any issan farmer.

    I have little to say about his governance, I always said that the coup to remove it would bear ill for Thailand in the years to come. I am sure the disparity between rich and poor widened while he was PM (as it did just about everywhere else). His knack was PR.

    It is utterly false to say that the previous administrations never did anything for the poor (again, go to Cambodia or Burma and see what a govnmt doing nothing for the poor is about), but they always did it, while pinching their nose at the people. Thaksin, a man of his time, made it a PR matter to let people know he was not handing out, but was on their side, a man of the people (though he was not anymore than the others).

    His best innovation, IMO was the TOT plan, where each commune was given funds to establish cottage industries. WE can see it thru-out the country. the 35 bahts was a good thing too, though not paying across the board for surgery or extended care (some of which existed under the previous PR-stupid administrations). basically, it paid for each doctor’s visit, first care if you will. So far as i know, no one took it away from the people, when they coup-ed Thaksin out

    The loans. well, that sure made the banks richer, thru re-appropriation. Because most people were given loans without any know-how to invest them. some managed it well, some just spent it unwisely, but altogether, banks are now owed over 2 billion dollars. Yet, the current administration has helped negotiate a setllement so that farmers (70 or 80 000 so far, i thin) who sign in on the plane re-imburse, over a few years, only a fragment of the loan, while the govnmt will pay back the rest to the banks. A cost to the thai treasure (but only businesses really pay tax in thailand) of over a billion dollars, maybe much more in the end, when the dust will have settled.

  • Sorry, I meant OTOP, not TOT. OTOP means: one tambon, one product, a tambon being loosely a district.

  • Just a link I got from the NEW MANDALA News site, if anyone is interested to understand Thailand a bit behind all the sloganeering, this is not bad reading at all, a good base for conversation a least.

    Jenny, I hope you will read it:

    http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2010/05/10/the-rebellion-of-thailands-middle-income-peasants/

  • Ah rock concerts. Thanks Panos.

    This is a link from Facebook: I looked at it a couple times before I realized what was written in the left hand bottom corner. Maybe the spelling is what kept it from me for a bit but then it became clear. Brave ICP.

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4002797&id=29157833621

    eel

  • Hmmmnnn ………….. so leicas don’t grow on trees and some dream leica so they can be a somebody, preferably “the famous somebody type” Instant success at a price

  • jenny lynn walker

    DAH: I really like a young lady’s work by the name of Olivia Bee (US-based) and think it would be a great encourgement to her to have some of it published in Circus Magazine. Here’s what she put on flikr some time ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/-oliviabee-/

  • jenny lynn walker

    HERVE: Thanks a lot.

    In a former incarnation, I used to track the telecommunications sector of Asia-Pacific nations and the regulatory frameworks that saw a shift from state-operated to privately-owned networks with multiple players. I also contributed to a book on regulatory frameworks aimed at disseminating this information for the benefit of developing nations around the world for a branch of the UN. During the 6 years that I was doing this, I watched how Thaksin made his millions and how he then entered the political scene. I cannot agree with what you say.

    Happy to know you liked his TOT innovation. Looking foward to reading the article you forwarded as soon as I’m able. If you keep them flowing, I’d be grateful. Or direct to me on Facebook if you think that would be better since others may not be interested.

    Wishing you a great day! Thanks again.

  • jenny lynn walker

    ps all that stuff is funny! especially the tot innovation! unfortunately, and much more importantly 17 more people died here in Bangkok yesterday and the death toll is rising… not sure that talking does much good at this point…

  • Kyunghee…Just sent you an email.

  • jenny lynn walker

    HERVE/ALL: I don’t live in Nepal. I’ve been living in Africa for FIVE YEARS out of the past 6.5 (I’m on the road for a book project). But when it comes to Africa, or at least East Africa, I’m happy to see that deregulation in the telecoms sector has brought that amazing innovation – the mobile phone – into the hands of many millions who who are now using it for all sorts of new small, local projects and businesses and thinking about this at this moment, is making me feel much happier.

  • Roll up a Gigantic spliff?

  • a civilian-mass audience

    humongous…
    enormous…from PETER’S home to your home…
    under the trees…in my dreams…
    roll up your sleeves
    no time for …IF’s…

    I am coming over…:)))
    if ash …permits …

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