That time I took my daughter to see the beautiful Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis, MN. Kids love architecture, right?
Read moreSaint Paul Skyway
The times my daughter and I creeped around the haunting and majestic skyways of Saint Paul, Minnesota in the dead of winter.
Read moreScots Pine Trees - Como Park, MN
That time I discovered this incredible grove of Scots Pine Trees in Como Park. Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Read morePeruvian Festival
That time I happened on a group of Peruvian performers doing a thing in Minnehaha park. Minneapolis, Minnesota and they let me take their pictures (I think).
Read moreMinnehaha Falls In Winter
That time I put on some heavy-duty crampons and, with only a half hour on my parking meter, scrambled behind the frozen Minnehaha waterfall of Minnehaha park., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Read moreI was wrong about the Oxford comma (and the world)
Who says you can’t teach an old writer new tricks. With time, and a reduced metabolism, I’ve come to terms with my old nemesis: the Oxford comma. But something funny happened along the way, and I realized, I’d been going about this whole life thing wrong.
Read moreEdith Green-Wendell Wyatt Building, Portland Ore.
Nobody likes visiting the IRS. But when I took a trip to the Portland IRS office, I discovered the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Building—a remarkable structure full of vast, sweeping spaces and empty corridors. Luckily, I’d brought my camera, so my trip to sort out my 2018 taxes was not a complete waste of time.
Read moreGrief, rage, riots and rebuilding the Twin Cities
Another black man was murdered by a white police officer. His name was George Floyd. While the rioting and looting has grabbed so much of the headlines, there is another story here, a better story. It is my goal to tell that story.
Read moreWhen the 2020 Minnesota State Fair is canceled, it can still be enjoyed virtually.
As a moth is helplessly drawn to an open flame, I am drawn to fairs. This is a comprehensive guide to the greatest fair on earth, the Minnesota State Fair.
Read moreLiberate Minnesota
The Liberate rallies were built on a kernel of truth — in a vacuum of leadership during an historic economic disaster and compounded by a pandemic of biblical proportions — and blossomed into a grotesque carnival of entitlements gone wild.
Read moreSteve the Yeti: Story Behind the Photo
I met Steve in the tennis courts at Loring Park while on a walk with my daughter. He happily let me take his picture and told me some of his story while my daughter pointed out his missing leg.
Read moreSomewhere in Nebraska: Story behind the photo
What happens when a dad who drives a Toyota Corolla approaches a biker gang in Nebraska to take a couple pictures.
Read moreVia San Diego
One recent trip to San Diego – the smells and sights of a city with whom, I have a complicated relationship.
Read moreSaint Paul Skyline
Photo blog of my new home, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Read moreMatt's bbq - Portland, OR
That time I officially bid farewell to my hips and thighs after discovering Matt’s bbq, in Portland, Oregon.
Read moreBehind Frozen Minnehaha Falls
A slippery trip behind Minnehaha Falls in the winter reveals a palace of ice and stone, bitter cold and rushing water.
Read moreOn Seal Beach
“This paradigm shift I was enjoying on Seal Beach, I had to share with this fella, who only had to walk ten minutes to get here.”
Read moreHunting shared land
I wanted to know more about hunting. My friend Will took me to the Minnesota back country to show me around. Shots were fired.
Read moreA painter's dilemma
A brief observation of artists and the fraught relationship to their work (c/o my friend Jen Lowinger).
Read moreSnowdrifts
Snowdrifts
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