In the wee hours…
“People talk about nightfall, or night falling, or dusk falling, and it’s never seemed right to me. Perhaps they once meant befalling. As in night befalls. As in night happens.…
Bokeh fliers…
While driving to church each Sunday morning when I was growing up, there was a radio host on the local radio station who would play southern gospel music. It wasn’t…
Where are you coming from, where are you going: an afternoon conversation…
The place that we are going is right in front of us. Across a room on an overcast day. To see both from whence we come and to where we go…
A cold first of the year…
The first day of 2013 has turned out to be rather… unenthusiastic. But that’s okay! Even though it seemed that the sun never really came up today, the thing about…
A wish upon a ‘Chrome…
I’ve been experimenting with that elusive digital “Kodachrome” look recently. I’m not entirely pleased by the saturation of the sky, but otherwise, not completely awful… . I’m especially pleased by…
In water, on water…
Just a little ride around the lake and some wakeboarding action… “To desire nothing beyond what you have is surely happiness. Aboard a boat, it is frequently possible to achieve…
Old people, young people, and beautiful light…
Before I knew anything at all about photography, I knew the name Leon Kennamer. For old-school photographers, they might know that name. For those of you in the modern era…
Days of family days…
Family Day at my church is one of those Easter Sunday kind of days. When everybody comes out of the woodwork to get there. College kids get home from university,…
Admit to the floaties…
One of those rare days I actually get to go out on the lake. I grew up on this lake. The last few years of high school and first couple…
In able escape…
Going outside on July 4th in the States tends to sound a bit like a distant combat zone. Flashes in the distant horizon, the sounds of shells exploding and the…
The inconveniences of a convenience…
Not everything is back to normal. Still days without power… Someone told me: “You know with all this power outage, I have discovered I have been relying on it too…
You almost wouldn’t know…
At least the dog doesn’t… …except for the fact that we haven’t had power for a few days now… Alright! Generator power to make breakfast before everything goes bad in…