Long before Paul Simon sang its praises, I shot Kodachrome on a Minolta SRT-101. I shared my photos by giving slide shows to family and friends. Since they were family and friends, of course, they had to watch. I abandoned…
We were walking down Mohrenstrasse towards the Berlin Mall when I noticed a sign for the "Big Berlin Fashion Show." If you've seen my wardrobe, you know that no one would ever consider me to be a fashionista. Having never…
The statue of a young woman stands on a corner of the Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin. She looks down State Street towards the University of Wisconsin where many student marches have originated over the decades. This time she sees…
I've written before about the Lions Club Fly-in Fish Boil that's held every year on Washington Island. The last time, however, I wrote mostly about the "fly-in" aspect of the event. It's difficult not to be fascinated by all of…
Fields were filled with cars. Tractors were pulling wagon loads of people. This was not an ordinary day on the farm. In fact, it was the annual Dane County Breakfast on the Farm. This year it was held on the…
I've been having a difficult time lately keeping up with all of the new holidays. Friday was National Doughnut Day and I didn't realize it until I heard about it on the news at 10 PM. It's rather embarrassing to…
Maybe Joyce Kilmer was right. I don't know. My knowledge of poetry is almost nonexistent but I suppose it's possible that none of us will ever see "a poem lovely as a tree." Although it was never a plan of…
While on a recent drive through the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming, my wife and I happened upon thousands of sheep. They were headed down the road under the guidance of people on horseback, people in pickup trucks, people on…
I'm not a wedding photographer, though I have photographed weddings on three occasions, twice for co-workers and once for a sister-in-law. This week I had the opportunity to photograph the wedding of Figaro and Susanna, two people who have been…