Pepe le Whew!

So I'm doing a little four mile run around Sedgwick County Park this evening...

Bet you know where this story is headed.

Just after the three mile mark, right when it was getting dark, I looked up and saw a little black and white thing about 5 feet to my right spin around and stick its pretty little tail up at me.

Never had a close encounter like this. The adrenaline burst sent me into a sprint that was surely olympic worthy.

Problem is, that sprint did nothing but send me straight into another skunk about a half mile up the path. I came up on that one so fast, he (or she) didn't have time to get turned around. That one just hunkered down and was faced up to fight.

The good news (besides the fact that I avoided getting sprayed) is that I had one of my better four mile times ever.

Bad Blogger. Need Spanking

This is probably the greatest length of time ever between blog postings. Hopefully my faithful readers haven't all abandoned me. All five of you.

I'm in serious need of a trip back to a war zone. After blogging about life in Kabul, my trip to Omaha last weekend just doesn't seem nearly as interesting.

Lately I've had people ask me if I'm still shooting photographs. Though the new job title (oh, yeah... probably shoulda blogged about that) sees me holding a video camera a lot more than a still camera, rest assured, i'm still shooting a few pictures the old fashioned way. Well, almost. The above picture is actually 12 pictures, spliced together with computer software.

I promise to find something to blog about more frequently, no matter how boring.

We Hold These Explosives To Be Self Evident

Like millions of Americans, the Veazey family celebrated by the 4th of July by drinking a bunch of alcohol and then playing with fire.

Aerica brings in the arsenal.

Box #1.

Lighting off a double.

One of the neighbors shot this explosive into the Veazey yard. Aerica steps in with the bucket. This thing landed only a foot from her husband Chris.

But look... clearly he doesn't mind being close to explosives.

Laura Veazey. Glamour Shots.

Travis Heying. Hairy Chest.

Now She Can Make A Run For The Border

Apologies for the lack of updates. To say I've been busy would be putting it mildly. Reminds me of an old Wyoming standby I learned from my brother: "I've been working harder than a one-legged man at an a** kicking contest."

In honor of hard workers who are short a leg or two, I present this video.


Two-legged dog gets her wheels from Travis Heying on Vimeo.