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Whether we use the word “mystic” or not, whether we see ourselves as “mystics” or not, whether we see our Christian vocation as a call to sanctity or not, pertains more to how we appropriate the language of spiritual theology. However we express it, much of Christian life is lived beneath the surface. Grace is ordinary even if not “of nature” itself, present in the ordinariness of daily life. In that sense we are all called to a “mystical” or supernatural level of living in the Spirit with Christ.
-Thomas Aquinas and Teilhard de Chardin Christian Humanism in an Age of Unbelief, Donald J. Goergen, OP
Start every day with a smile and get it over with. ~W.C. Fields
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I was cleaning out unedited files from a folder and organizing them when I realized I really wanted to add some more of these to the album. I don't know about you but usually on a big chase day where you shoot 500 frames I end up with a dozen at best I choose to edit and share. But this was one of those days where the ratio was more like 50% instead of 2%...it was just that good of a day! There aren't many of those in this hobby so why not?!
Anyway, the winter of 2021-2022 didn't yield any plow trains of any sort for me so here is a look back to a spectacular day spent along those magical Washington County rails of a railroad that should need no introduction.
Getting ready to start a day of plowing out the Batten Kill Railroad mainline to Eagle Bridge, SNEX 5012 (an ex Atlantic & Danville Alco RS36 blt. 12/59) has been fired up on the Carovail spur where she normally rests with out of service RS3 605 (Alco blt. Nov. 1950 as Lehigh and Hudson River number 10). The cab roofs offer a hint as to how much snow had fallen on the region the prior couple days.
Salem, New York
Saturday December 19, 2020
Maplewood flats a wildlife and bird sanctuary, also contains these scale model houses built during the 2010 Olympics. The houses were built to simulate the original squatters shacks that were origianally called Shangra-La that were present for years. The city tore the originals down to put in a shopping mall that never happened The wildlife reserve over 30 acres, is a much more pleasant way to spend the afternoon! Wish I had come with a more wide angle lens for these tiny shacks. I also missed the prime time fall leaves by a storm or two!
Winter started early this year and it lasted for two weeks! We will get the autumn back before this week is through : (
Hanko, southernmost town in Finland.
In the Spring of 2021, I finally made it back to Lebanon. I set out from Tbilisi and traveled to Lebanon with one mission in mind, to shoot for my upcoming book on Lebanese architecture.
Even before the coronavirus pandemic at the start of 2020, Lebanon seemed to be headed for a crash. What was to transpire is that Lebanon would endure multiple crises during the next 12 months, an economic collapse (imagine all your savings wiped out overnight), rising political instability, and the Covid-19 global pandemic, all of which endangered locals basic rights. And finally, a massive explosion in Beirut’s port area.
With this in mind, I decided to do things a little differently this time around. Firstly, I raised funds through my Ko-fi page to donate to individuals in need on the ground and added expenses – in total so far, I have raised just shy of $1400.
Then I decided to split this money up, with the first pot used for on the ground expenses, I used it to pay for a driver to take me to Tripoli over 2 days (giving a local a wage for a few days in times of hardship), we had to use it for PCR tests and some of the added expenses the pandemic brings with it.
Next up, I hosted a "meet & greet" down at Kalei Coffee Co. in Beirut to thank locals and I then decided to spend some more of these funds to take a local couple for a meal in downtown Beirut - sounds crazy right? Just a meal? Well - it was their first meal out together in 5 years!
And finally, I teamed up with Beirut Heritage Initiative. They provided me access to a few keys sites for the Beirut Blast section of the upcoming book, essentially in exchange for a donation.
Thank you to everybody that got involved and supported the project - and if you would like to support the project, you still have time to get involved through my Ko-Fi page here: ko-fi.com/jameskerwin - where donators or subscribers get exclusive book sneak previews and stories from our time in Lebanon.
Or if you would prefer to donate to the Heritage initiative directly, of course, you can do that as well here: beirutheritageinitiative.com/
Thanks all – James!
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