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Last week, I had the opportunity to interview Casey Zmich, a retired truck driver, who recently spent fourteen months exploring the United States and a bit of Canada on his bicycle. He rode a total of 16,000 miles and had a close up tour as he traveled through cities, countryside, desert, and other landscapes. He […]

On Saturday, the Taste of Grand Island was held at Town Commons, next to Town Hall. A small portion of Whitehaven Road was closed to traffic to provide more space for the event, which was organized by Corey McGowan Productions. The Taste of Grand Island is an annual event, that got its start in 2012, when

The topic for week 32 of the 52-week photography project is “colorful landscape.” The goal was simply to get as much color as possible into the background. Week 32, due to many distractions, took more like two weeks. But… aren’t colorful landscapes worthy of a bit of extra time? Here is a variety of colorful

Yesterday afternoon, I went to visit Buckhorn Island State Park. When I arrived, I noticed a man spraying himself with insect repellent and suddenly realized that I had forgotten to do so when starting on my journey to the park. I asked him if I could use some of his repellent and he was happy

seen in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

Ten years ago, I was set free, turned loose from the federal prison camp in Danbury, Connecticut.  It was time to seek out new adventures and new experiences. It was also time for me to reflect on the prison experience and on the protest that led me to prison.  I crossed the Fort Benning fence

from left: Devin, Vivian, and Diane As I mentioned in my Friday adventure post, I was surprised to see my nephew Devin at my sister’s house. On Saturday, I went back to my sister Vivian’s house for another visit with Devin. My sister Diane came over, as well. The four of us decided to have

This morning, I wondered what I wanted to blog about today. What stories were there to be told? What images to be shared? I looked out the window and saw that it was truly a radiantly sunny day, just six days before the start of autumn. I thought… why not document my adventures here in

The sunflower is an amazing plant. Its botanical name is helianthus annus. It’s a very tall plant, with an average height of 9.8 feet (three meters). The tallest sunflower plant on record was an astonishing 30.1 feet (9.17 meters). It has large flower heads, and the flowers could be a variety of colors, including yellow,