All of the talk about the upcoming launch of Artemis 2 has jogged a few of my space memories. Flash Gordon! On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. I was 9-years old and fascinated. I knew space travel…
I moved to Madison in 1968 and lived in an old run-down house at 933 W. Dayton Street. Kathy moved to Madison in 1968 and lived in the Liz Waters Girls Dorm on Bascom Hill. In those days the dorms…
Not many people think about me on Fat Tuesday, but on Fat Tuesday I sometimes remember the one and only time that Kathy and I got to experience the Mardi Gras. That was a long, long time ago. I was…
At Christmas I really like to drink spiked eggnog, eat far too many cookies, and, assuming I'm on the nice list, get all the wonderful gifts that I asked for in my letter to Santa. But, what I like even…
(This was adapted from a post on December 29, 2008.) A week ago I went shopping for a new snow shovel. A storm was heading our way and our trusty at-least-30-year-old shovel broke that morning while Kathy was shoveling the…
I like big beautiful winter scenes as much as anyone. In Oregon you can find winter just by driving up to Mt. Hood. This picture wasn't taken in winter, however, it was taken in mid-May. If you take the Palmer…
Not long ago I sat by the lake, camera in hand, thinking about Neal Young singing "Harvest Moon." Even though the weather still felt like summer, I knew it was fall because the trees I passed on my walk to…
Every fall, the Olbrich Botanical Gardens presents an outdoor nighttime art exhibit called Gleam, which features large-scale light installations by local, regional, and international designers. We visited the first Gleam Exhibit in 2016 and have gone back several times over…
Most of you probably know that my latest photography exhibit is up at the PhotoMidwest (PMW) Gallery, located at 700 Ray-O-Vac Drive, Suite 212, in Madison. It's called ... ... and you can see the online version on the PhotoMidwest…