Category Archives: current photos

PORTUGAL AT CHRISTMASTIME

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Gary Garth McCann

We spent Christmas break in three wonderful, historic towns in Portugal, with a final stop in that country in Lisbon. Pictured below are Evora, Coimbra, and Geamareas. [ The top photo is of Rossio plaza, Lisbon, from tourazores.com. The next … Continue reading →

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HOW MUCH SWEETER DOES IT GET?

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

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THE MATTERHORN

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Gary Garth McCann

As a kid living in Fullerton, adjacent to Anaheim, I saw the Disneyland Matterhorn a lot. Although I traveled in Switzerland a few times as an adult, I never thought of going to see the real Matterhorn. Todd and I … Continue reading →

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HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE WINTER SOLSTICE!

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

The grounds at Wood’s Landing, where Todd and I live in Annapolis.

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THE JFK ASSASSINATION: AMERICA’S ULTIMATE MYSTERY

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

Perusing one of my railroad books, ‘Down South’ on the Rock Island, by Steve Allen Goen (La Mirada, CA: Four Ways West Publications, 2002), I came across the photo and caption reproduced below. (Ignore the Brook Hollow ad.) The photo was … Continue reading →

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SHOW ME THOSE MUSCLES, SON.

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

If you’re a gay man and you haven’t seen the blog https://jeffcopebrandon.tumblr.com/ you are in for quite a treat.

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JOHNS HOPKINS MAGAZINE COVER, SPRING 2017: THE IMPORTANCE OF POINT OF VIEW

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Gary Garth McCann

Point of view–how a story is told–is all important, as illustrated by this Marshall Clarke photograph, in which either the photographer (or perhaps the cover editor?) got the POV just right for this action shot to herald the article “Fast … Continue reading →

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GRAND CANYON DINING: FIGS WRAPPED IN BACON AND MOUNTAIN LIONS IN THE SHADOWS

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Gary Garth McCann

  Todd and I had never heard of figs wrapped in bacon until thirty-some years ago, reading aloud Canadian author Robertson Davies’ Tempest-Tost (1951). In the book a patron of a small town theatrical group has figs wrapped in bacon … Continue reading →

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Frolic Among the Beefcake (Madeira Beach Triathlon)

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Gary Garth McCann

A friend sent me this post card by way of birthday greeting. Wouldn’t it make a great mural, maybe done in small tiles? The post card doesn’t credit the photographer, only carries the St. Petersburg Clearwater logo and floridasbeach.com.  The … Continue reading →

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Virginia Weekend Getaway

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Gary Garth McCann

We stopped at a gas station cum coffee shop cum souvenir stand along an old US highway near a bridge from a somewhat remote part of Virginia to a somewhat remote part of Maryland. “On the bridge, you don’t have … Continue reading →

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