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Photo of the Day – I Don’t Remember His Name

Published January 23, 2024

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

I don't remember his name but I met him in a stretch of desert they were selling off ten acres at a time for not much money. All I remember of him was a he had a big black dog, a son and gave me a bale of alfalfa hay that looked like it grew a long way from where we were standing in the desert..

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2 Responses to Photo of the Day – I Don’t Remember His Name

Christian on January 23, 2024 at 2:09 pm

Not the face of an office worker… Wow, really beautiful expression.

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- Bernie Harberts on January 24, 2024 at 9:15 am
  
  Photographing people I met during my journey with mule Polly was one of my favorite things about that journey. The harder the land, the more interesting the people and, by extension, their faces. You’re right; not a whole lot of indoor time on that face.
  
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