Mornings like these are good for the soul.
9 January 2018
Anthony laughs in the face of student debt.
8 January 2018
We taught the hostess at the Hyatt how to make some drinks. Also, it was way too cold to be outside.
7 January 2018
6 January 2018
5 January 2018
4 January 2018
Eugene, OR
3 January 2018
Eugene Pioneer Cemetery, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Thinking about the President's wanton tweeting and the ever more troubling thought that our President may fails to appreciate the enormous toll any war incurs I found myself wandering through the cemetery on campus.
We've become more removed from war as a society than previous generations. Today only a small fraction of people ever serve in the armed forces. It is not inconceivable to think there are people in America who have no close friends or family members who have served. Assuredly, this is because we are in a time of unprecedented peace. Violence seems to strike fear into our hearts in a way that is new yet on the whole violence is a far cry from what it was in the lives of our parents and theirs before them. A walk through any American cemetery will quickly remind us of that. Among the pioneers yearning for opportunity in the frontier, their families following the tales of abundance that lay west, are scores of dead veterans. From the Civil War on, head stones can be found denoting various infantry units, cavalry units, dates of service, etc. It was once impossible to separate one's self from the horrors of warfare. Yet today we fly sorties in the Middle East from air-conditioned office buildings in the Southwest, our combat needn't our presence nor our casualties; to many this means war comes without cost but the reality is that we're simply incurring debt we haven't even begun to pay off.
2 January 2018
Territorial Hwy south of the Lorane Hwy junction, Eugene, OR. It would be true for me to say there has yet to be a sunrise I regretted seeing—I doubt there'll ever be.
1 Jan 2018
30 Dec 2017
Springfield, OR
29 Dec 2017
I had to drive home today from Bend so I planned to shoot Sahalie Falls early in the morning. When I got there the trail was too icy to make it far down so I opted to drive a little further down and hike back up to Koosah Falls. A couple years ago when looking for the Blue Pool trailhead I drove to this reservoir on the McKenzie River Trail but quickly turned around and left—little did I know at the time it was a five min walk from there to Koosah Falls.
28 Dec 2017
Sisters, OR. Took this after the sunset was fairly dismal. I went to dinner then decided the moonlight might make for a good nightscape. I pulled off the freeway at the viewpoint and snapped this before heading back to Bend. This was the second image I took.