A note to friends and visitors:

I am deleting everything and starting over rather than join "Pro" so all the old photos are gone.

Also: Please do not post all those annoying, self-serving, gaudy graphic invites and awards on these pictures. A personal comment or a simple hello means so much more.

I am a (over 60) amateur photographer. Former lover of an old Pentax K1000 SLR I bought more than 40 years ago, in need of repair, and never seem to get around to it.In December, 2009 I got the bug and bought a Pentax DSLR, so I am in the "semi-serious" category now.

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I live near the water, and I cannot imagine not being there.

I am the editor/publisher of the global music magazine: RootsWorld and run a small online shop: cdRoots. In 2012 I stared a syndicated radio program called RootsWorld Radio