One of the problems that I have with photography is focusing on a specific subject. Unless I volunteer or am hired to photograph a concert or a specific group, I just carry my camera with me and take pictures of…
"Find the cost of freedom buried in the ground.Mother earth will swallow you, lay your body down." -- Stephen Stills Maybe it's because of the generation into which I was born. When I think of World War II, I think…
The busy holiday season is over. A subzero arctic front has moved into the Midwest. This is the time of year when I often find myself somewhat adrift, wondering what to do next. So far this January I've had a…
I was going to name this post "Beautifully frustrating" or "Frustratingly beautiful" but decided that frustrating was too negative of a term. What I'm getting at is sometimes, when I'm in a location or a situation where I'm convinced that I'll get some…
Sometimes it takes me a while to get around to doing something that I want to do. In the spring of 1970, after 3-1/2 years of chemistry, physics, and math, I had some college credits remaining to use for electives. …
Shadows have a rather sinister reputation. They're usually used to represent mystery, sorrow or troubled times. Thieves and murderers are always lurking in the shadows. And yet shadows can't exist without light. Just one of life's ironies I guess. When I'm…
One of the things I remember from childhood is when my mother let me get a box of 64 crayons as part of my school supplies. I never knew there could be so many colors! And, the box even had…
A scene with water in it is always appealing. It's hard to walk past a river, lake, or pond without looking for a photo opportunity. Maybe somewhere in our brains we still recall slithering out of the ocean to look…
Every 4th of July brings plenty of fireworks. Maybe it's done to represent Francis Scott Key's immortal words, penned upon seeing Old Glory raised over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. I suspect the truth is that it's done…