My grandfather died 10 years ago this Memorial Day. He was a Captain in WW2. The family went back to visit the grave in Fremont Center, Ill. As soon as the mass had ended and the grave visit finished the heavens opened up.
The cultivation of what we are not is often a strange task. The grass was growing at an absurd pace. Then it all died.
January was a pretty good month and a decent start to the new decade in this little corner of the world. Some of the images I shot won’t be published for a bit though, so I’m going back to a cold night in the middle of the month. I’m lucky enough to live with my [...]
I hope everyone had a good chow down this weekend in some way shape or form. On another note, I just realized my sister’s name, Karoline Elizabeth Hoffman contains the same initials that name my favorite place to order used camera equipment (KEH.com). It must be a sign, sis. What the sign means, I don’t [...]
When I was younger my dad built an epic tree house in our modest backyard. It was bright blue with white trim and really complemented our bold pink house at the time. I’m sure it seemed out of place in the winter time but our bright colored digs would have fit in perfectly in Ft. [...]
My humble, now semi boxed up living space for the past year.
It’s a weird time, I’ve finished graduate school, officially finished. I completed my coursework, defended my master’s project, I’m on my way out to pay my parking ticket so as to leave no debt here and get my diploma mailed to me. I opted [...]
Bex Sandys is one of those people you meet and never forget. When I lived in New Zealand she was my (and my friends) key to getting out of the American bubble. We met Bex when we were looking for a place to live … we ended up in a small pub in this beach [...]
Everyone’s having a rough time keeping their focus at the moment.