I knew a wild woman, she threw a party on her graveShe went there tapping her cane and sipping champagneShe’s a wild womanAnd she makes me feel so tameI can take her in a foot race, but I can’t take her anywhereShe laughs at all the pop starsAnd she doesn’t… Read More »Joni
Back in May I went down to the Des Moines Airport to finalize approval for Global Entry for the trip to Ireland. Before and after my appointment I wandered around parts of Des Moines doing a little street photography. I took enough images for two collections. Here is the first… Read More »May Des Moines Street Photography I
One of the little used benefits at the Computer Mine is that everybody gets 8 hours of VTO every year to use. I’m pretty sure next to nobody uses it, which is a shame. An extra day off. To do something fun? Why wouldn’t you do that? I guess some… Read More »Boone FUMC 2025 Thanksgiving Prep
Day 2 in Philadelphia was supposed to be the first day of work. It wasn’t real clear in the early morning if we would work or when we would work. It was dependent on when the contractors got finished putting the Computer Mine Booth together. Fortunately for us, they didn’t… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: City Hall
While the empire was failingI was so far from homeI heard a thousand sirens wailingSo I was never on my ownAnd when the blackness slowly partedI saw the ivory towersBefore the revolution startedBetween the madness of the hours And they don’t see what we seeWe believe, we believe That they’re… Read More »Church & State
I wish you all the hap, hap, happiest of Thanksgivings! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! But Thursdays are for flowers. And you might feel blessed that this collection of flowertography images aren’t of peonies. There are strawflowers and clematis in this collection. Let’s get at it: An observant flowertography fan might have noticed… Read More »Thanksgiving Blessings Upon You!
Give me space from the distance, a break in the silenceA face to the surface and open my eyesGive me words with a purpose that hurt us and burn usFor brittling, kindling, tumbleweed lies She pulled my eye and touched me twiceI froze when I felt the connecting of wiresSo… Read More »Anniversary
Can you believe that this is the 5,750th entry in the blog known as “An Artist’s Notebook”? Every 250 posts or so I like to take a moment to reflect on where this post has been and post a lot of meaningless stats. As always on these posts, I like… Read More »Post 5,750
I don’t remember the timelineJust December and the eastern skylineIt was just my time to goIt wasn’t even a cold nightDisappointed in the northern nightsI always thought there’d be snow 400 people on a broken wheelWhen the plane touched down in a concrete minefieldI guess we all made it out… Read More »A War with Time
One time I went overseasWith a woman I know too deepI live and breathe to hold her inI love to hear her speakWe went to people’s partiesAnd we haunted her old hometownWe rambled into restaurantsTracking her old friends down They all knew the magic numberThe weather, the kids, TVBut this… Read More »A Woman Oversees
Baby, you’re only gonna hurt your backLooking down like that, cut yourself a little more slackBaby, you’re gonna have a heart attackAnd they won’t thank you, they don’t make awards for that We know by now that time does not take sides We’re only humanI don’t need to see how… Read More »Human
Back in the spring the tree in front of Lagomarcino on Iowa State’s beautiful camps had an owl living in it. First chance I got, I ran over there and took some pictures of it. After all, owls are the most common bird for me to hear, but never see.… Read More »Owly
As you know, I enjoy buying photography toys. Often not useful. But sometimes just fun to play with. Which if you aren’t getting any joy out of photography, you are doing it wrong. I bought an entirely plastic toy camera for about 10 bucks early in the year, but that… Read More »Chuzhao
Is there some freewheeling watcherShooting marbles in the sky?Holding your years between their fingersWatching it burn till the fire dies Why is it heroic to untether?How is alone some holy grail?And if we really come and go unknownCouldn’t I find myself in jail? Oh, keeper how I love youI love… Read More »Returning to Myself
… for falling in love. But Thursdays are for flowers. This is another flowertography session that took place in my yard while I was trying to get the ants on peony picture that I wanted. Have a look! Next Thursday’s flowertography session will involve peonies. Maybe some ants, but definitely… Read More »You Can’t Blame Gravity…
Thursdays are for flowers. This flowertography session took place in my yard. Many of these pictures were my pursuit of an ant picture on a peony. So I hope you like pictures of peonies and ants. What am I saying? Everybody loves macro pictures of ants! Have a looksie: Next… Read More »The Best Thing That’s Ever Been Mine
REMINDER THAT THE TIME IS FAST APPROACHING WHEN YOU CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE YEAR 13 THEMES FOR THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY AND ONLY BY LEAVING A COMMENT IN THE LAST WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLNEGE POST IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND THE FIRST WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »WPC – WEEK 525 – PORTRAIT
I keep forgetting to announce that Teresa recently won a major award from Iowa State University. There was even a big article on her and everything. Have a read: The go-to teacher licensure resource in IowaSeptember 16, 2025 Teresa Kahler appreciates a good spreadsheet. When done well, it guards a… Read More »FE 135mm F1.8 GM
… than to be loved for what you are not.” Thursdays are for flowers. This flowertography session took place in my yard. It was kind of a first pass at trying to get a picture that I ultimately entered in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I hope you like… Read More »Better to Be Hated for What You Are…
The first day of October! No better day to share THE SELFIE PROJECT images from September. I freely confessed that I struggled with the project this month. Often forgetting to take my selfie until the last minute. I was insanely busy for parts of September, but I didn’t really go… Read More »Selfie Project – September 2025
“I’m not a romantic, but even I concede that the heart does not exist solely for the purpose to pump blood.” Time for another collection of flowertography images. This collection was taken in my yard: Next Thursday’s flowertography session will also take place in my yard.