Ali and Arnie

take on

Richard and his cross bow

at the Shar-e-Nau Sports store -

2nd floor

the royal view

of royalty

art

that is hard

to penetrate

a happy planet is ...

satisfaction times expectancy slash footprint

http://www.happyplanetindex.org/list.htm

canada and pakistan are neck and neck

afghanistan does not appear
but her neighbours tajikistan and iran
enjoy elevated HPI

watching

the

watcher

Neither

sees

the other

comme mujihadeen

a pensive week

two former World Vision colleagues are murdered at their health clinic outside Chagcharan City in Ghor. the west is increasingly vulnerable ...

the head of the security company we are about to contract is rumoured to have died in a helicopter crash in Khost - "bad weather" may be the politically correct diagnosis ...

less than a month until home leave ... the much needed reconnection to friends and family - the feared last days in my mom's wonderful ottawa river sunset condo

Pensive hands

Eyes

on the mirror

History respected

and feared

Eyes

on the road

The Sean Penn stare

The Office viewed from the House –

Kabul's recent history in a few blocks.

Life in the Back Seat –
Good security means so much.

Bamyian - where once the Buddha

Still magical 2,500 years later

Photo - Steve Rynecki - "fiddy cent Dari"

New warmth and colour in the room

Machine made in Turkey

Inspiring my yoga and kickboxing