The week is almost over but I can't let it pass completely without reminding you that this is National Parks Week. I love our National Parks. Over the years I've been to over 50 units of the National Park System…
This can be a very nice time of the year to visit Washington, DC, not because another Presidential election season is about to begin, but because it's National Cherry Blossom Festival time, the festival that commemorates the 1912 gift of…
I have a solo exhibit entitled “The Joy of Music” that’s on display until Thanksgiving at the offices of UW-Madison Continuing Studies Program, 21 N. Park Street, Madison, WI, 7th floor. This exhibit is made up of photographs that were…
Imagine that you're watching talented dancers performing beautiful and graceful moves. Then imagine that the dance floor is tilted until it is vertical. The dancers continue to perform, but now their moves are amazing. They leap almost effortlessly into the…
It seems like when people retire they want to take a cruise. Maybe they see Alaska or sail the fjords of Norway. Maybe they sail through the Panama Canal. Maybe they just cruise the Caribbean with Mickey Mouse. Sad to…
You have undoubtedly heard about the supermoon and were aware that last's night full moon was of the super variety. When I'm in the mood to photograph a moonrise I often try first on the day before the full moon. …
Plate tectonics, subduction zones, magma, volcanoes, such are the facts of life in The Ring of Fire. The Cascade Mountains that stretch from Canada to California are a manifestation of these forces of nature. On May 18, 1980, they contributed…
Visitors line up to tour the B-29 Superfortress "FIFI" When I wrote about the airplanes at the recent Washington Island Fly-in Fish Boil, I didn't know that an amazing group of World War II airplanes would be in Madison one week…