As sure as the sun rises 100 times, the seasons change. My favorite season is usually the one approaching, but it’s definitely spring. Symbolically, spring is a new start, a …

About this time last year, I ventured into Death Valley National Park, California, to photograph the scenic wonders offered by the remote park. We then relocated to Lone Pine, California, …

Last week, Elmo (of Muppet fame), asked on social media, “How is everybody doing?”
The responses were worrisome and widely negative. Are we as dissatisfied, disgruntled and dysphoric as Elmo’s question …

Taken on a cold, cold day, this ice pattern on a Smoky Mountain stream caught my eye. Not normally shooting abstracts or macro photography, I can’t explain what I liked …

A new plan was needed.
Working to keep my Thursday missives on topic and appropriate for the calendar, I considered a few snowy winter pieces for sharing this week. The snow …

Knoxville’s Tennessee Theatre hosts some wonderful entertainment. Currently it is hosting two full weeks of sold out shows for the Broadway production of Wicked. We have had several visitors in …

Early November and our paths crossed. Warm enough to skip the jacket, it was one of those fall days made to enjoy being outside. The colors were on cue, the …

This gull rides the wind near our small ship as we sailed Norway’s archipelago of Svalbard. Well north of the Arctic Circle, the polar bear population exceeds the humans. The …