Another Song, Another Mile... Ramblings on Photography-The Environment-Society-Life (Social issues)

The following is from Issue 6:2 of my newsletter, released to subscribers January 20, 2025...

Hello again, everybody. As I said when I left off in the last issue, I’ve done some soul searching since the abrupt ending to my art festival season last summer, and wanted to take a little more time to discuss my plans, and where I intend to devote my energy heading into this new year...

The following was originally sent to my newsletter subscribers on October 25, 2024. It has been slightly revised to reflect a few additional thoughts, in light of ongoing events.


Greetings everyone,

First, please let me start by saying that this is not a political message...

For me, one of the great motivations of photography has always been in sharing. It started when I was a kid (long before social media) showing little three by five inch prints of scenery I’d photographed on family vacations to friends...

On behalf of the Frank "Kinney" Holbrook Memorial Society, I'm excited to share that we will take part in a special Black history month presentation on Saturday, February 19 at Hope + Elim Church, 2500 University Avenue, Des Moines...

Excuse the play on words- us environmental types are experiencing some sudden onset bouts of giddiness right now...

So I woke up this morning and thought, “You know… what this world really needs right now is another random guy sharing his thoughts on the internet…” After all, our country just watched as a sitting president and his cronies tried to usurp a foundational tenet of democracy, and saw our Capitol overrun by a deranged selfie-taking mob of enemies domestic...

It came as no surprise.

Approaching one o’clock Eastern, hours after polls had closed on the 2020 election -and moments after Joe Biden addressed the media to express optimism but urge patience and the importance that all votes be counted, Donald Trump took to Twitter...

Well I guess it's official... welcome to my new website and blog! Both now are a very long time in the making and I just wanted to take this chance to offer a brief introduction of what you might expect to find here...