From politics to food, the last couple of weeks have been busy. Here are a few of my favorites.

Lech Walesa, right, is a patient at Methodist Hospital, where he's being evaluated for a possible heart transplant. Witold J. Lukaszewski, PhD, center, a political science professor at Sam Houston State University, translates for Walesa.

Speaking of walks down memory lane...

Talk about getting out of one's comfort zone, I had to shoot some food last Thursday. I had some time though and tried to make some nice pictures of a couple of dishes from cajun-type cookbook.

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