David Drake

Dave cautiously petting Valkyrie, a Harris Hawk who attended Conestoga with the Royal Gauntlet Birds of Prey group.

Dave and his friend Barry Malzberg, in Raleigh during Deep South Con.

Arkham House panel: Walden Derleth, Scott Connors, Dwayne Olson, Drew Smith and Dave

Dave and Alan Beatts of Borderlands Books at Corona Heights

Dave demonstrating his environmental feelings in the Mariposa Grove of Sequoias.

Cheryl Whitmore, GOH Liaison, with Dave

Chris Runnalls, Dave, and the balloon sculpture Chris made of the Oracle Tree from The Far Side of the Stars. (I couldn't imagine how she'd do it, but she could.)

Dave with rose

Jonathan, Tristan and Grandpa Dave, 2005

TECHNOLOGY 2 DAVE 0 - I managed to set the camera for a 2-second (instead of 10-second) delay twice before I finally got a picture of the twelve of us (most of my extended family) at dinner for my 59th birthday on September 24, 2004.

SUCCESS! Counterclockwise from Mark Van Name at the head of the table: Sarah VN; April Drake; Tristan D; Jonathan D; Jennie Faries; me; my wife Jo D; Allyn Vogel; Scott VN; and Rana VN. You'll notice that my repeated screwups with the camera worked as a great comedy turn, so people were smiling more naturally than is sometimes the case.