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March 29, 2026
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"No Kings" protest rallies were conducted around the United States of America and the world yesterday. The group Indivisible, which organized the rallies, estimated that 8,000,000+ people turned out for the 3rd such rally. Albuquerque had an estimated 50,000 people in attendance and Santa Fe had 7,000+ protestors of all ages. The numbers have grown...
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red again
March 21, 2026
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For those of you who enjoyed the red in last week's blog or are otherwise lovers of the color, here are the five images that were included in a mini-portfolio in the "Color It Red" issue of Shadow and Light Magazine. They are as varied in theme as is my photographic subject interest. The first is a detail of one of the suspension towers of the beau...
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red is ready for its closeup
March 15, 2026
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Writers, artists, and creators of every ilk have what I would call source material - whether it is an absolutely wild dream or something imagined, elements of nature, media, or a fellow artist or someone who might be thought of as a muse - we all look to our surroundings for inspiration and ideas. My father had what they used to call in the newspap...
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thoughts and inspiration
March 08, 2026
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A number of things this week have been thought provoking and inspirational. First was the eulogy delivered on Friday at the memorial in Chicago for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jr. The words of President Barack Obama never fail to lift my spirit and nearly bring tears of joy to my eyes. In my opinion, he is one of the greatest orators of our times, pres...
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change is coming
March 02, 2026
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Yesterday was the beginning. Meterological spring - March 1-May 31 - is the transition period between the three coldest and three warmest months of the year, according to The Weather Channel. The birds have been behaving as if spring was coming for at least a month, no doubt prompted by nearly non-stop, record-breaking temperatures in the western t...
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the joy of good tools
February 22, 2026
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According to Intelpoint, nearly half of the world's total population is between 20 and 54 years old. Given that number, I suspect some of you reading this may think what I am writing now is unfathomable. But others, because of the times in which we are living, may well identify completely with some of what I say here. It has to do with the inabilit...
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cottage industry at work
February 16, 2026
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Artist friend and fellow martial artist Victoria frequently asks us "how is work in the art departments going"? She knows that Fred and I work on weaving and photography an average of six hours every day, including weekends. Being self-employed in a small house, eventually, the entire house becomes part of the art, and that certainly is the case fo...
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time for love?
February 08, 2026
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The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 10th edition, defines love in these ways "an intense feeling of deep affection", "a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone", a great interest and pleasure in something", "affectionate greetings". Thinking about the world as we know it, I would say we need more of it and it is high time. Swiss psychiatri...
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look, see, and feel
February 02, 2026
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In the high desert of the American Southwest, winter is the most monochromatic of seasons. Nothing is in bloom. In some places, the ground is covered with snow. Berries add occasional splashes of color as do robins flitting from point to point and dining on the berries. But basically the landscape feels flat. It is a time when artists' abilities to...
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blooms for the spirit
January 25, 2026
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It has been a rough week for many around our country and the world. I have no doubt that those who lived through the turbulent 60s and early 70s, with the Vietnam War front and center and body counts given in the daily news, are experiencing some deja vu. Somehow, humanity seems to cycle through periods of political disgorgement. The word itself pa...
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reflection and refraction
January 18, 2026
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Photographic inspiration comes from any number of sources in any given time period. Some arise out of necessity for advertising, publication, and portfolio purposes, emerge from one's inner and outer environment, or are presented courtesy of information and stories provided by those in a photographer's orbit. Several weeks ago, I heard from friend...
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winter sports
January 11, 2026
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The snow that fell on Friday and Saturday was the type that makes both downhill and cross country skiers salivate. A powder that seems to be exclusive to locations with fairly dry, perfectly chilled air and high elevations. Those conditions allow the skier to slide with ease down a slope or across a landscape, and become airborne, if desired.
Not...
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a brief review
January 05, 2026
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As a friend of ours frequently says before a long and fascinating email, you might want to get another cup of coffee or snack. This blog is a long one.
Love them or hate them, the new year is packed with "year in review" and "healthy living" and "how to do it better" columns in every media. Too much? I don't think so. At the pace news and informat...
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passageway to 2026
December 27, 2025
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With only three days left in 2025, which was, admittedly, an unsettling and fraught year, we approach the aperture of 2026, and walk through a passageway about which we know very little. In almost every instance of doubt and disturbance, my default is to let nature lead the way, in this case deep into the throat through twists and turns of an amary...
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it is all about the light
December 21, 2025
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The earth moves, as it should and as it has for millennia before mammals emerged on the scene. Sunrises and sunsets change as days become shorter and longer and each season emerges. Yesterday was the winter solstice, offering the shortest day of the year, 9 hours and 44 minutes. Sunset tomorrow will be 2 seconds later. Slowly, steadily, and surely,...
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