I remember first using Kodachrome film. To hold a color print was a delight, an image that represented with remarkable fidelity the mental image achieved by the eye and the mind. Up until I owned the Agfa 35mm camera which took the Kodak color film, I was accustomed to a box camera, which I…
Tuesday morning after Independence Day 2022, is overcast with intermittent sunshine. Is today the beginning of a new week, or a continuation of the week that was, a week that seemed compressed into one day? I refer to the mass murder that occurred yesterday at the Highland Park Independence Day parade. A young man,…
My thesis I think is obvious. Our society, the American people are deeply divided about the meaning of “guns,” between the necessity of arming one’s self and those who hold a view of a society becoming more egalitarian, a community where instruments conceived to take human life are unimportant for the average citizen. I…
It is common knowledge that there’s a great divide in our society, and the meaning of guns is at the crux of the different realities that American’s inhabit. Each of us lives in the world that we and others have jointly fashioned, or put differently the mind organizes reality in terms of the relationships…
A full measure of the tragic, the catastrophic, the dystopian dimensions of our life together on this planet is served to us, a concatenation of streaming media, Fox, CNN, ABC, NPR, to name a few. It’s easy to understand why this is so. Life’s extremities, danger, stimulates our fight/flight reaction. Nothing is a more…
Saturday morning and Starbucks is abuzz. Yesterday afternoon we attended an open house to celebrate the graduation of my wife’s brother’s son’s daughter from high school. The graduate was radiant as she greeted well wishers just inside the foyer of the great room. We were not sure who would be present at the event. …
This has been written about Mother’s Day: [A mother’s work is] a job that is ever-changing and frequently exasperating. Moms don’t get days off, nor do they receive handsome salaries or generous pensions. Instead, their rewards come in the form of sticky kisses, necklaces made of elbow macaroni, and the satisfaction of seeing their…
Nearly a week has passed since my return from the West. I revisited in my mind our hike to the site of the old silver mine, the abandoned Stockton Hills Mine. “Stockton the liveliest mining camp in Mohave county” is written in the old records of the area. The mines played out, as did…
At last I have seen Beverly Hills. Visiting was not on my bucket list of places, but I have been aware for much of my life that movie stars and other entertainers live in Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills is storied for it’s luxurious shopping, for the glitz and glamor cultivated by those who are…
The journey continues. We’ve passed though much desert, and some high country with tall lodge pole pine trees. We are now in Kingman, Arizona. This is our third stop, visiting with individuals who have a long term interest, fascination with carousels, with the artistry and history of carousel animals. My host and guide, for…
