Fall has come gently, with a hint of frost in late October. The trees are well into shedding their leaves. I walked around the backyard holding my camera. I wanted photographs to help me remember this day. Today is ten days out from the election. Would I remember this day as one of…
Walking a few blocks from the house after nightfall, we came upon the ‘pirate ship’ that we’d heard of. This one was in celebration of Halloween. Nevertheless the creators had a point of irony. The ship was christened USS Covid. Every ship has a captain, and a crew. I captured some photos of the…
It was a sunny afternoon. We declared a field trip for ourselves and the two grand kids. Off we went to visit several homes that featured impressive Halloween displays. On the visit to a West Chicago neighborhood, the monster featured was a giant dragon. Skeletons and rats were placed at the foot of…
Fall is magical time. Two holidays of the Fall season are Halloween on October 31st and Thanksgiving, the last Thursday of November. As the leaves begin to turn, float to the earth to dapple the ground, the magic begins. This year I’ve taken note of the particular attraction that Fall has for children. Halloween…
Another mild fall day. The pleasant weather betrays the darkness that roils our society. Conditions present a surface quiescence, especially in towns such as mine, majority white, affluent, well ordered by the system. My neighbors appear to be comfortable enough in their homes, most of us are able to work from home, and our…
Sunday morning, and a chill breeze removes some leaves from our maple tree. Red and orange colors begin to illuminate the tree. Little seems changed in the last twenty four hours according to the NYT Weekend Briefing received this morning. The president continues to be hospitalized with covid-19. Reports of his condition are uncertain. …
Soon it will be October. Taking a bike ride into town yesterday, I looked for the seasonal Halloween decorations that households and businesses create to celebrate the October 31st children’s holiday. Halloween is second only to Christmas as an event to be anticipated. Who doesn’t love to “dress up?” Monster costumes are popular. Children…
The days continue to be warm. Frost seems far away. Weather conditions can change suddenly though, within a few hours. The tilt of the earth is the primary determinant, as days are shorter, and there’s less energy with the oblique angle of the sun’s rays. Energy exchange is the story of life, and of…
Photography has been an interest for many years. In high school I began taking my fathers Kodak box camera to the drag strip. Imagine using a camera with a 1/30th second shutter speed and 100 ASA film to record the accelerating launch of a dragster. My first lesson: a photograph depends essentially upon the…
A friend sent me a link to an article by Ed Yong, staff writer at The Atlantic. The article by a science writer was an overview of America’s response to the pandemic; America Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral. The article was nine pages of emotionally difficult reading. I felt a sense of terror,…
