Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - Philadelphia MS

Moundville Archaeological Site, Moundville Alabama, January 2, 2008

Leaving Tuscaloosa

This Lazy Daze doesn't deal well with temperatures much below 30 degrees. It's just not well enough insulated. The cold air slides down the glass, out under the drapes and out across my bed. It was in the high teens last night - brrrrr.

I'm headed generally westward. Down 69 through Moundville Alabama then west through Eutaw Alabama and on westward toward Vicksburg Mississippi.

First stop - Moundville Alabama

I'm writing from the foot of the large mound at the Moundville Archaeological Site.

Night camp

Wal-Mart parking lot in Philadelphia, Mississippi

First Find What's Truly Significant

Zen Students and photographers have much in common. Both are acutely visionary, concerned with the practicalities of light and darkness, perception and clarity. The pursuit of either of these practices demands that those involved first find what's truly significant in their lives before they can ever hope to turn this significance into something that can be seen by others.

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