Red Windy Morning

The moving red storm
blows the trees
and vibrates
the street-light.

2015

Metal Pac-Man monsters
are finally caught
stealing the garden gnome.

2014

Halloween Tree

If there's going to be an X-Mas Tree, why not a Halloween Tree?
This centuries-old specimen is as big as it looks...
feels like a good candidate to me.

Stormy Day

Early winter weather
colors mountain peaks
in cold white snow
and soft gray clouds.

2015

The frothy bubbles of a pot of water 

makes a face for the season.

2014

Relationship Strata

Read my latest blog about how we relate and why it's so important to consider the definition of our state. Does that person interest us? Are they worthy of connection? Who will we integrate with? More importantly, why should we care?

Yellow Flowers First

Sometimes even
yellow flowers
come first.

2015

Light reflects upon this wall
in a way that seems
meaningful.

2014

Last Rights

We all have the right to live and die with dignity and authenticity. Each day we increase or decrease the distance between now and no more. "One more day closer to death?" This is not inevitable. What I do today may bring me two days closer to death or it might push it one day further away. Fate is in the now, not the distant tomorrow. How I live today affects how many days I have left to live.

Orange-Streaked Sky

Winter comes early.

2015

The colors remind me
of steel melting
in fire,

2014

A Waste of Effort

So much of our world
is made,
used,
discarded,
and forgotten. 

Pretty White Flowers

Soft focus on
a pair of
pretty white flowers.

2015

Like stabbing sharp knives,
the cloud's color
pierces the dark.

2014

The Myth of Mount Olympus

The elements come together for an image of heaven meeting earth.

School-Bus Morning

Soft, crayon, colorful clouds
rise beyond the mountain's peak
awaiting the embrace
of childish
imagination.

2015

A snail recharges
atop the man-made
roof.

2014

A Calculated Certainty

The ability for a computer to recreate the beauty of man's hand 

will only increase with time. 

However, 

the capacity to create an algorithm

to discover this fraud will follow.

Sparkling White Flowers

A row of white
sparkling flowers
rise among
the others.

2015

 Natural Light

Look close.
Do you see the can?

2014

The power pole looks like a cross, next to a stop sign, slightly beneath a flag. The narrative here is simple, but the meaning depends on which direction you read it. (Left to right) Should we stop religion from taking over America? (Or right to left) Is America the religion that stops the world?

Night Sunflower Light

A night light
lights
the sunflower's
edges.

2015

Over the local high-school's ball field
stretches the fingers
of a cloud crown.

2014

Holding the Spliff

Clouds are an infinite source of shape
and expression without limit.

Fence-Post Light-Splashed

Wooden light shapes
shadows fallen upon
sturdy lines.

2015

The color of morning
has so many
hues.

2014

The repetition of a single theme.

Between Buds

The bee hungers
and jumps
between buds.

2015

We hold to the past
to remind us
how good
we have
it.

2014

Not every oil spill on the road looks like a dream-catcher.

Tiny Frozen River

A frozen river
or a tiny picture
of a parking lot?

2015

Man-made light simply adds
but does not compare.

2014

Oil provides many things. Refining it creates lubricants and fuels. Here is a lubricant that has become the symbolic representation of the next stage of refinement: fuel.

Flower Fingers

Tiny flower fingers
reach from within.

2015

Sunflower eyes and a drooping nose,
a slight red smile,
and yellow hair.

2014

A recent trip to the zoo reminded me that what I already knew about the zoo, I still know; things have changed, yet stay the same. Read the article.

Red White and Blue Sky

Red, white, and blue sky,
stripped with form.

2015

Sinking fog holds
light long enough
to see.

2014

SCOTUS Social Fraud?

The recent progress in marriage rights may have been technically correct, but by failing to do more, has the Supreme Court done more than simply fail to settle the issue? Read the article.

Flower Boulevard

A wide-angle lens
captures the open space
of the flower-filled
boulevard.

2015

Creeping clouds resist
the coming light
while the mountain stands
against the descending sunrise.

2014

There's only one thing to remember
when you shoot the sun:

don't look directly at it.

Shrooms and Grass

A grove of mushrooms
rising from the
green grass.

2015

Waves of color and light
crest the morning sky.

2014

This is a picture of swimming seals
and standing spectators. 

Sun-Crowned Mountain Peak

Twice a year
the sun and mountain
align.

2015

The sun rises between twin-peaks,
creating the illusion of
a sun-peak.

2014

Every street, every town, every city, every state ... 

there's always a someone who enjoys the cliche.

Tiny Windmill Focus

A tight shot
of a tiny
windmill.

2015

Fundamental shapes within the universe
illicit parallels with nature,
forcing a vision of the sharpest threats
in the softest things.

2014

Recently, the Supreme Court effectively ruled on marriage equality. By dismissing the cases, they upheld the lower court rulings. In most states, all loving couples may now marry. But what about the rest of them? As future rulings emerge from district courts across the country, the only way the Supreme Court becomes relevant is if there is a ruling contrary to consent. Although it will take time for every American to be free to marry whom they wish, today was a milestone in the process.
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