Because I want something from benjiej: For the first three people that reply to me and re-post this challenge – I will send you something groovy. It might be something I’ve made, or something cool from my hidden stash of fabulousity, it might be a mix CD – or a rubber duck, a book I [...]

My friend and tour guide and, his dog, paddling back up a tributary to lake we crossed. It was chilly and windy but, has warmed up and wind died down. Not as many people around this time of year but, all are friendly, as usual. That’s only when we go to town for any light [...]

Some of us are living in too sheltered a world. Collecting art is not for the thirty-somethings having just made some money on investments or, older wealthy retirees. Anyone with a bit of change can buy some art. “The collector, Dakota King, is 9. In a collision of the art boom, the wealth boom and [...]

Chasing the Trane, by John Coltrane is one of many of his recordings at the top of any jazz lover’s list. I’ve left Florida again for a short vacation of sorts. I slept most of the way to our destination. I’m tired from my busy schedule. But, I’ll be out doing photography, canoing, and some [...]

I’m scheduled to go out of town for another weekend to do some photography, relax a wee bit, and enjoy the company of a good friend. Right now, things are go but, his mother has taken a turn for the worse. She isn’t ill so much as that she has just deteriorated over the past [...]

It’s always amazing to find that Photoshop has so much more to it once we dig through its layers. Today I found that the levels menu has some powerful options that I had never looked at. I’ve given my class the assignment of taking a color photo taken with their cameras and converting it to [...]

So much travel has made me confused about what I’m doing on a daily basis. I have another trip planned this coming weekend, to Minneapolis, sort of. Actually, I’m headed 250 miles north of Minneapolis to the small cabin at lakeside in the Boundary Waters Canoe Recreation Area. I’m planning to do some photos up [...]

Sited work before artists and audience arrived. My work honoring Cecil B. Moore.

Artists of the exhibition Evoking Spirit, Enbracing Memory. Yes, the art was/is amazing. I’ll provide a few pics tomorrow before I leave for home. But, the most amazing thing that happened today was three dancers… no, one of three dancers. She is 84 yrs. old and dancers better than many young dancers and, she teaches [...]

Arrived back in Philadephia, by plane this time, and need to complete my installation in the morning. The official opening is at 12 noon Saturday. I met up with my sister and nephew and went for dinner. Actually, the restuarant in the hotel is one of the better ones in the area. I called my [...]