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…
Unless you live or vacation on Washington Island, Wisconsin, you may never have heard of a Fly-in Fish Boil. It's a rather simple concept really. If you own a small plane, you fly in to the airport on Washington Island. If it happens…
Although I've never been an old car aficionado, I do enjoy seeing some of those great automobiles from the days of stick shifts and cheap gasoline. So, when the annual "Cars on State" event was held on Saturday, I headed downtown. Classics like…
If you're down on State Street any time this October, please stop in at Fair Trade Coffeehouse to see my latest exhibit, "Wisconsin in White: A Celebration of Winter." A reception is scheduled for Friday, October 5, 2012 from 6 - 8…
If you're one of the two or three people who occasionally check out this blog, you know that I haven't posted anything in quite a while. Although I've been busy getting a new exhibit ready to hang in the month of October, I…