Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
I wrote recently that the Herrick family was always intertwined with the destiny of the Bennetts. There is another family that also has always been side by side with the Bennetts. That clan is the Maddux clan. I don’t think that I had seen a single Maddux this year until… Read More »Clans
This past weekend was Homecoming in Boone. This ended up being quite the production for Johnathan, Elainie, and Brandon. Below are some pictures of them all dressed up and looking slick. As you can tell, Elainie was really into getting her picture taken. Brandon and Johnathan? Not so much.
Saturday was a momentous occasion. It was first time in the history of my knowing Greg I saw him not wearing a hat. Oh yeah, he also married Amanda too. Here are a few pictures from the reception and a few random candle pictures thrown in at the end.
I’ve just had a few random thoughts cross my brain in the last few days. Harvest Moon Last night was the Harvest Moon. I didn’t really get to check it out myself because it was cloudy and I fell asleep on the couch waiting for score updates from the Padres… Read More »The Presbyterian Experience
Every year I feel myself compelled to go down to the B&SVRR when they are scamming small children and draining the coffers of their parents with Thomas the Tank. I admit that it really isn’t their doing. They put on a pretty good show. There is a magician and a… Read More »Thomas the Scam
Here is a copy of Mark’s September newsletter from Taiwan. Start of a New School Year: A Recap Hi everybody! I know it has been a while since I have written, and this newsletter comes after a much needed break in America, and then a quick start to the school… Read More »Mark’s September Newsletter
I spent Saturday morning hanging out in an old barn on my Aunt Linda’s acreage. She had suggested it as a place to find interesting photo subjects. I scouted it out on Thursday night after work and came back on Saturday morning when there was better light so I could… Read More »Mystery Barn
Yesterday I went to Central Campus to see Obama speak. I didn’t have a memory card with me, so I had to borrow a camera from a co-worker. It is a good camera, but it only has a 3X optical zoom, so a couple of these pictures are very heavily… Read More »Lunch Break
Looking to do something to help in the fight against Leukemia & Lymphoma. I have an opportunity for you. First read a little bit about the organization. Your support means a lot…to me and to thousands of others.Thanks for visiting my Light The Night homepage. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s… Read More »Light the Night
FNSC added a new auxiliary member this past Friday. Jason Baier joined us on the patio at La Carreta on a brisk summer night. His name will now go down in the annals of history with other Auxiliary Members of FNSC: Jesse Howard Teresa Kahler Dustin Jackson That Kristy girl… Read More »FNSC Auxiliary Member
I have two brief experiences from the last two days to share. Nader’s 20th Anniversary This past Friday marked the 20th anniversary of Nader’s arrival to these United States of America. There is a Lutheran church in Gilbert that sponsored Nader’s immigration. They invited him to attend the church service… Read More »Two Stories from the Last Two Days
In the ancient history of the family Bennett there has been one family that has stood by its side as friends. That other family is the Herricks. What I’m getting at is that Amy Herrick an old family friend (her dad and my dad were friends) is getting married very… Read More »New Toy
When I look back on it, I believe that Saturday was a nearly perfect day. There is perhaps only one more thing that would have made the day better. I got to spend the day in a series of social interactions with some of my favorite people in the world.… Read More »Culbertson 15-13: A Parable of Redemption
There are probably only two people out there that understand what this is all about. That is okay, I’m really writing this because I need to vent some frustration (which has actually already dissipated) and because I borrowed something from Jay to make this possible and if I didn’t go… Read More »One Question IQ Test
I have added one new function to “An Artist’s Notebook”. When you get to the bottom of a journal entry (sometimes known as a blog posting) you will see a little envelope on the right hand side next to the “Comments” link. If you click on that envelope, it will… Read More »New Function . . . Slightly New Look
It is the week of the Big Game. I recently got an e-mail from Jason Baier that I thought that I would repost. The Iowa-Iowa State game is a big deal in this state. There are times when the rivalry does affect our lives because of how seriously a person… Read More »The Big Game
So Saturday was a pretty horrible game. Iowa State got completely smoked by a Division 1-AA opponent on its home field. Please don’t give me the line that if we hadn’t committed all of the turnovers or missed the field goal and the extra point we could have won the… Read More »A Cold Mountain
I don’t have the pictures from Saturday’s butt whooping that UNI put on us put together yet, but there was one story that occurred on Saturday that I wanted to share right away. I didn’t do my normal tailgating on Saturday. Instead I went to see 3:10 to Yuma with… Read More »Brush with Fame
It finally happened. I finally saw a movie that is worthy of being referred to when I utter the phrase: “that was the best movie I saw in 2007”. I don’t know why it surprised me that it took so long for me to actually see a movie that made… Read More »Once
I believe I received feedback from over 20 people during the second round of voting. That was awesome and I appreciate all the time that everybody took to voice their opinion. In the end, I could only enter six pictures in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. So I now reveal… Read More »Pufferbilly Day Photo Contest Entries