Dog Beach

Still moments. Quiet mornings.

Michigan or Bust

I survived Michigan: the flu, looking at 10,000 photos, public speaking, and an impending blizzard.

Devyn's Day in Court

With thoughts of her daughter heavy on her mind and hanging permanently around her neck, Shawn Burke brings the vial containing her daughter Devyn's ashes to her lips as the judge prepares to read the sentence for Micah Azbill, the man accused of leaving the scene of an accident involving death. For failing to stop after hitting Devyn with his car, and killing her, Azbill was sentenced to 12 years in prison, 3 years of probation and permanent revocation of his Florida driver's license.

fog

THE fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

-- Carl Sandburg

Cigar Family

The hands of executive vice president Bobby Newman, 56, light a cigar for his brother, J. C. Newman Cigar Co. president Eric Newman in the stairwell of their Ybor City cigar factory. The third-generation family owned-and-operated cigar company was one of three winner of the 2007 Florida Family Business Awards. Judges picked J.C. Newman largely because of its philanthropic commitments: It's building a complex with schools, a medical clinic, baseball fields, etc., in the Dominican Republic, where most of their tobacco is grown.

Tampa

20-second exposure of the St. Petersburg Times building nestled among the growing Tampa skyline.

Florida Tornadoes

A torn and tattered American flag rests between the broken branches and scattered debris surrounding Bear Lake, a day after tornadoes ripped through central Florida, destroying homes and taking lives.

Cook N Gun

"Have you ever huffed gun cleaning oil?" asks Justin Cook as he takes aim
at a poor, defenseless mermaid with a very large gun. The dog doth
protest.



Don't mess with these guns.