Here in Maine, my morning reading spot is no more than twenty feet from where I sleep. My normal routine has been waking up at 6 AM, or slightly before, making coffee then heading outside to read for a little …
Read: My Own Devices
What a peculiar book. I have Paul Reitano to thank for this. Paul did a portrait session with me then tossed this book in my direction. This is a Milnor tactic, for sure. I used to carry stacks of books …
Read: River House
If there was any doubt about one of the coolest things in the world being a powerful woman then River House will put to rest any remaining debate. Sarahlee Lawrence is a badass. She guides Class V rivers around the …
Read: The Correspondents
Anytime I see a book with the word “correspondents” in the title, well, I stop and pick it up, and in the case of Tim Murphy’s “The Correspondents,” I’m glad I did. I was actually searching for another of Murphy’s …
Creative: Birding with a 35mm
Is this a successful “birding” image? It might be, depending on your point of view and your definition of birding. For me, it is. It’s not a tight image with the 200mm or a “classic” birding image, but for me …
Adventure: A Little Piece of Fabric
All it took was a tiny piece of fabric to bring America to its knees. The land of bluster reduced to a faint whimper as people took to the streets to profess their anger at having their “civil rights infringed …
Creative: Give it Five
Just give it five minutes. One of my favorite things in the world is finding a scene I like then waiting for the light to shift as I sit watching. Like a painting being made right before my eyes. Layer …
Read: Flight Paths
Turns out bird migration is a complicated thing. This fact is covered in Rebecca Heisman’s “Flight Paths,” a book I enjoyed immensely. Why does the blackpoll warbler’s summer grounds now extend three hundred and seventy miles further north than it …
Adventure: The Mandala
One of my favorite things in the world is eavesdropping on the conversations around me. I figure if you are talking THAT loud then most likely you want me to hear what you have to say. I’ve been doing this …