Flippism Is The Key

Three Eyes of God

Three stories. Disconnected.

Twenty Years Ago on FITK Thin strands of hair congregated like rope splinters to hang down in front of his eyes, hanging in the soft summer gravity, making me furious, twitching my hand with primal anxiety.I awaited the perfect moment to strike and it came so I struck.Reaching out to swipe the playful strands of hair from his eyes and saying to him, "Life is like the opposite of gymnastics in

Departure Lounge Yoga

There is nothing like some carefully chosen yoga routines to prepare one for a long flight. Downward Crouching Dog (with bag); Extended No-Foot: Non-Reversed Prayer: Double Garland (seated):

Table for Anderson… Party of Six

Morrison County, Minnesota, July, 1918 From the Oscar Anderson archives.

Coffee

Twenty Years Ago on FITK It was a strange rendezvous, this meeting in a funky coffeehouse in Moorhead, Minnesota. How she ended up on that lonesome prairie was a long story that I was eager to hear. We had graduated together, done a few things in college with each other, and then drifted apart, she was on a career track, while I was spinning my wheels. Then we both got married, she moved away,

Planting the Crops

Morrison County, Minnesota, c. 1918: From the Oscar Anderson archives.

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Beer party, Morrison County, Minnesota, c.1918: From the Oscar Anderson Archives.

The Music Store

Twenty Years Ago on FITK Google street view image of what was once Amanda Bacon's Studio Located between the Polka Dot dairy store and what was once a candy store, Amanda Bacon’s Music Studio was an anomaly. Run by a feisty sexagenarian, this small shop in what was otherwise a cultural desert sat there unpretentiously for years, with Miss Bacon making a modest living giving piano and

Scenes from a Carnival

Anoka, Minnesota, 1989: No phones needed…

GDRN

Icelandic chanteuse Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð Jóhannesdóttir: Performing at Grund Senior home, Reykjavík, November 6, 2025

Riverfest Rockin’

My home town has a thing for summer festivals. I’m sure it is in no small part due to the three months of oft-times brutal winter weather we endure. Then again, perhaps this is some form of fertility rite, with lots of skin on display and somewhat suggestive food trucks (The G-Spot truck was selling tacos): But nothing could top the apparently topless vendor selling her CBD Sweet Mana

Family Values

Twenty Years Ago on FITK Two Harbors, Minnesota, July 7, 2006 After three hours on the road (and six hours since breakfast) the need for sustenance became apparent. "The Vanilla Bean Cafe and Bakery"- how inviting! We pulled into the side parking lot and left the car to go inside. On the way to the front door we passed by a row of Harley-Davidson motorcycles- big ones. Oh my...could be trouble..

Mulder’s Signs

Deuel County, South Dakota, c. 1995 More on Mulder’s farm…

Mulder’s Parlor

Deuel County, South Dakota, c. 1995 More on Mulder’s farm…

A letter to you.

Twenty Years Ago on FITK So maybe love is meant to be a little imperfect.Maybe love is meant to be about you saying something stupid in our most intimate moments and me smiling it away and tousling your hair instead. About sitting in the theatre together and knowing that we'd rather be watching each other at home.And now, that I'm miles away from you, I'm feeling your eyes on me all the time.I'm

Mulder’s Workbenches

Deuel County, South Dakota, c. 1995: This was an abandoned farm that I visited in the 90s, shooting mostly black and white film (TXP 120, Pentax 6x7) but I did do some in color, the coating of dust definitely put a mellow patina on everything: More from Mulder’s farm…

Valþröng*

Like persistent weeds in a flowerbed, thoughts of a return trip to Iceland (#11) have sprouted. An idle search for airfares and lodging revealed some real bargains, along with some caveats. One aspect of my fall sojourns to Reykjavík that remains constant is the travel dates: the last week in October through the first week in November. This is when the Iceland Airwaves music festival occurs

Batty’s Workbenches

The professor’s garage, clean, for once: Lots of tools, mostly scavenged: But some bought new (’cause they were red): Tune in Monday for a different kind of workbench.

Thinking Inside the Box

Twenty Years Ago on FITK One third success. Two-thirds disaster.The New Guthrie Theater complex is complete. My Weekend of Culture™ continued with a tour and preview of the facility that is located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Downtown Minneapolis. The theaters themselves: one is a thrust stage that virtually reproduces the legendary original; one is a conventional proscenium; and

Absolutely Black & White

Car Show, Anoka, Minnesota via “Retro Digital Camera” litho setting:

Short Telephotos on the Q

I'll be heading back to Iceland in the fall, and when I go there I always travel light: one small carry-on and one small backpack. There isn’t much room for camera gear, so I’m going with a couple of Q7s and a few lenses. I shoot a lot of images with a short telephoto so I ran a test to see how well my teles compared to each other. Left to right: Pentax/Cosmicar 12.5mm TV lens, Pentax 02 zoom @

This Old Heart

Another “blast from the past” with The Explodo Boys, a Minnesota-based multi-genre band. Live performance from 1979: The original was an early James Brown release on the Federal label in 1960. It reached #72 on the Billboard charts before fading away into obscurity. When I made this recording The Explodo Boys band was on the verge of splitting apart. They had one last week booked at the

Not the Best Fireworks Ever

Twenty Years Ago on FITK Barry, Brian, and me, on a juvenile fireworks shooting spree, through the northernmost fringes of Minneapolis, 40 years ago. I don't remember how I hitched up with those two: Brian the carefree, Barry the heart-breaker. Brian had just come back from South Dakota with a grocery bag of fireworks, his summers were a continuous series of explosions. I had been to his house

Colorado Springs

October, 2013:

Depth-of-Field

Ultra wide-angle lens views from Iowa (without the corn): Des Moines, 2023