IL - Cairo Archives - Gayle Harper

Acclaim Press

(2014-11-01)

240 pages

$39.95 + Shipping

ISBN: 978-1938905636

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Slipping Into The South

October 22, 2010 by Gayle Harper 2 Comments

I rolled into Cape Girardeau, MO, just in time for a Nemo birthday party!

The Neumeyer’s had invited me to stay at their B&B and their granddaughter, Erica, was celebrating her second birthday. She managed the candle blowing just fine and then, already knowing that the camera loves her, turned to give me this look of wide-open innocence.

Tom Neumeyer is a photographer himself, and he kindly told me of the best spot to get an evening shot of the graceful Bill Emerson Bridge. I took a sandwich to the river and watched the evening magic happen.

Cairo – A Different Perspective

August 12, 2010 by Gayle Harper 6 Comments

Cairo, IL – pronounced not like the city in Egypt but more like KAY-RO

It’s an area perched on the invisible boundary between North and South. The states of Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas are all within 100 miles of each other and the accents, foods and ways of the people are a rich stew of these varied influences. It’s also a transition from one climatic zone to another, so the plants and animals native to each intermingle here.