Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Let me step outside myselfWill you try to hold my hand?What if I told youWhen the smoke clearsYou’re the only one who can?I know I’ve tried youDefied and denied youThrown punches in the airClosed my eyes and count to tenPraying you’d still be standing there Hang in there, darling, won’t… Read More »Someone to Belong To
It undeniably sucks when an SEC team wins anything. But it is even worse when college basketball season ends in such a manner. Now everything is super sad. I try to describe being a sports fan like this to people that aren’t a sports fan: Watching your favorite team is… Read More »Roundball Oracles Year 20 Final Standings
Last time we looked at Big Boy pictures, it was just starting to fire up and leave Boone. I was camped on top of the Iowa 17 bridge that goes over the railroad tracks and Old 30. Here is the next collection of images: The last few images were taken… Read More »Big Boy: Leaving Boone
COMMERCIAL! What a great theme! But how many people got their photography juices in motion? Keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 31, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Mary Green – 2 weeks2-Jesse Howard – 6 weeks3-Sabas Hernandez – 12 weeks4-Monica Jennings… Read More »WPC – WEEK 499 – COMMERCIAL
Time for Day 3 of my food adventure in Austin, Texas. This is the first day the Computer Mine Conference was actually going on. Which means that some of my meals would start being free. After Day 2, this is what was left in my per diem account: $292.32 I… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 3
I followed the Big Boy for a bit as it left Boone. It didn’t leave Boone on time, so sitting and waiting for it took a lot longer than I expected. I at first took some pictures looking south as they prepared it to leave, then I camped on top… Read More »Big Boy: Boone Morning
Today is Andree’s birthday so I need to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Dre!! If you don’t know, Andree is the one in the picture that isn’t Russell! I hope your birthday is filled with the finest culinary offerings Chicago has to offer! Time to start sharing pictures… Read More »ISF: 08/08/2024 – 1st Stops
Can’t like you in the morningLove you at nightCan’t hate all your wrongsAnd only want all your rights Can’t treat you like a strangerWhen you ain’t aroundTreat you like a loverWe’re out on the town ‘Cause that ain’t how love is madeThat ain’t how love is madeIt’s all or nothingGotta… Read More »That’s How Love is Made
The final town I stopped in for the 2024 RAGBRAI was Milo. They had a fun theme of Milo-ritaville. They had all sorts of Jimmy Buffett themed decorations and activities. I’m not a fan of Jimmy Buffett (nobody tell Tim), but it was a fun setup. Here are the pictures:… Read More »RAGBRAI: Milo(ritaville)
It is the first day of April… which means that I should share all the March selfies for THE SELFIE PROJECT. I didn’t travel very much in March. I’d hoped to travel more, but both of Iowa State’s basketball teams had disappointing ends to their seasons. So I mostly just… Read More »Selfie Project – March 2025
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Who are your favorite submitters? Obviously all of you are my favorites. But the real ones do 4 things. This isn’t to single Mary out. It is just an example I have from this week. Those are great pictures, but they can barely… Read More »WPC – WEEK 498 – TRANSPORTATION
Time for Day 2 of my food adventure in Austin, Texas. The lame one. With all the music and no SPAM Museum. After Day 1, this is what was left in my per diem account: $317.90 Lowell and I began putting the rooms (that were available to us) together about… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 2
I haven’t shared any picture I took for THE BOONE ART CENTER PROJECT since October. During the winter months it is a little harder to track down these images. With the dawn of spring, hopefully it won’t be so many months before I can share a Gallery Eleven. If you… Read More »Boone Art Center Gallery Ten
This is the final collection of images from my trip to New Orleans. There really shouldn’t have been that many. I got up early and went for a brief walk cause there was this Little Debbie mural I saw that I wanted to photograph. I can’t remember exactly when our… Read More »New Orleans Day 7: Southwest Failure
Treat me like a foolTreat me mean and cruelBut love meWring my faithful heartTear it all apartBut love me (Won’t you love me?) Well, if you ever goDarling, I’ll be, oh, so lonelyI’ll be sad and blueCrying over you, dear, only I would beg and steal (beg and steal)Just to… Read More »Love Me
After RAGBRAI left Saint Marys it headed to Indianola. That was the halfway town for the day. It was also the second to last town I followed RAGBRAI too for 2024. Indianola is a much bigger town than Saint Charles and Saint Marys and it was definitely more of a… Read More »RAGBRAI: Indianola
Time to share the rest of the pictures of the Big Boy as it stopped in Boone for the night. I like many of these images of the maintenance crew working on the Big Boy and of people just coming to look at it. Something that really struck me while… Read More »Big Boy: Boone Stop
TWO TONE! What a great theme! But how many people got their photography juices going last week? Keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 17, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Sara Lockner – 3 weeks2-Becky Parmelee – 3 weeks3-Jesse Howard – 4… Read More »WPC – WEEK 497 – TWO TONE
The next few food adventures are going to concentrate on the cell phone pictures I took on my recent work trip to Austin. The food pictures in this post are regrettably pretty terrible. I apologize for that a head of time. On the positive though, the food was delicious! Since… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 1
So the Big Boy didn’t stay in Carroll as long as it was supposed to. Then on top of it, getting out of the parking lot near the Carroll depot was a disaster. I bet the Big Boy was halfway to Jefferson before I even got out of the parking… Read More »Big Boy: On to Boone
Down to nearly the end of the New Orleans images. Day 6 was the second to last day of the trip. This is the last day of the Big Meeting and is usually 12 hour or so day. So there isn’t a whole of time for any photography. Plus the… Read More »New Orleans Day 6: Walkabout