Monthly Archives: December 2008

2008: Ten Favorite Images

Some of you may remember last year about this time there was a flurry of “ten favorite shots” posts on various rail themed blogs. So far, this year has been a bit less busy. Probably a lot of things are contributing to that; I know in my case some big changes in my life had

Review: Wild Beauty

Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867-1957
By Terry Toedtemeier and John Laursen, Eds. Oregon State University Press, 121 The Valley Library, Corvallis, OR 97331; http://oregonstate.edu/dept/press/; 12.4 x 12 x 1.5 in; hardbound; 360 pages, 9 color, 9 hand-tinted, and 116 b/w photos, 2 maps; $75.00
One of the last things the world likely needs