July 2, 2008 – Warm, dry. Taking my hound-of-heaven friend Steve McLean and his wife Kim out to lunch today to celebrate his being a granddad, which will only make him more insufferable. Emma and I are joining him on July 4th for the Argyle Fire Department chicken barbecue, where I will bring my camera. Hope to make the parade there too. I was thinking this morning that the wood are my photo studio, always some ordinary thing to capture on camera, that looks beautiful and reminds me that life is good, and there is beauty everywhere, if you look for it. I always drag my camera, camera bag and tripod out there on my walks, and I am rarely disappointed.
  Want to write more about fear, since so many people responded to that.