I'm going to be out of town from the 20th to the 28th. I will going back to Washington, DC, to take pictures of my Grandfather's paintings as part of the website project I'm doing on his work: Griff's Story. His paintings are at the Naval Historical Center. Gail Munro, the Head Curator, sent me digital files of what they already have film on, which is most of it. I will be shooting those that they haven't already. I'm off to pack up the lighting and photography gear I don't want to try to get through airport security so that I can UPS it. Here is one of the pictures Gale sent me. It is of the rescue of the men of the Reuben James. I will be putting them all up on Griff's site later.

"Like Black Shiny Seals in the Oily Water"