An Interesting Series of Pictures
Well, okay, they're an interesting series of pictures to me. I know enough about cameras that you shouldn't point them directly into the sun to take a picture, but I…
I took the Long way Home
I took the long way home today. Down the back roads and through the endless fields of corn and soybeans to the north and west of me. No real reason,…
Fox River Sunset – 09.03.13
Fox River Sunset, below my house. Come March when I have to move, I don't think I'll find another place two blocks from the river. But I'm sure I'll have…
I Call them Death Marches for a Reason
I call them death marches for a reason and when I gave them that name around 14 years ago, it was supposed to be a joke. With each passing year,…
A Hiatus from Words
I seem to have decided to take a hiatus from words. Some of it has been intentional while other aspects of word avoidance seem to have a life of their…
A Walk in the Snow
Last year on February 22nd I was already hitting the creeks. Nothing hot and heavy, but I was seven miles up from the mouth and there were already a few…
Please Don’t put up Pictures of Fog
But I like fog. I like the way it visually cuts me off from my surroundings. This one wasn't horribly dense, but you could see nothing beyond the trees on…
Bald Eagles on the Fox River Update
Yesterday I put up a post documenting my 10 mile drive from Yorkville to Montgomery along the Fox River looking for bald eagles. When I had got to 20 of…
Bald Eagles on the Fox River
Apparently I wrote about bald eagles on the Fox River in Yorkville back in January of 2012. Then I did it again at the end of December 2012. But when…