[Photos by Jay Sturdevant]
Evening descended upon the Ou river in Laos, and still we had not found shelter. Our hand-scrawled map of the river was not drawn to scale. The next village could be mere minutes away, or many miles yet.
Arms sore, I laid down my paddle across the front of our canoe. Looking up [...]
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The needle on the instructor’s altimeter reaches 10,000 feet. The plane’s exit door is thrown wide open. Outside, the wind howls. Beside me, a fellow jumper screams. The reality of what’s next sinks in.
The tandem pair in front goes first. Within three seconds, they cartwheel out of the plane and [...]
My grandfather Jimmy steps, steps, steps into the living room, led by a stainless steel walker. He lowers himself into the nearest chair, and pulls the dinner table towards him. An empty glass sits beside his daily can of Guinness.
Jimmy struggles to grasp the can with his left hand. Two major strokes have deadened the [...]
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