Perils of Nostalgia Part Ia : Looking at East Egg

Nostalgia Photograph One

This weekend I played dress up and took some pictures to go with the first of my essays on nostalgia. It’s not the craziest thing to happen when I’m wandering around in a post-call daze. It’s funny how destiny works though. Just a couple of days ago when I took these I was looking across [...]

More Book Depository Photographs

So the mystery begins

“A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.”

Greenfield Village Classic Car Muster Part III: Bikes

Bike One

“It never gets easier. You just go faster.”

The First Rule of Performance

This happened. I was there. I saw it all.

Okay, I guess the first rule is that thing about babies and animals – but this one is certainly up there. Don’t let yourself get upstaged by your . . . well . . . your stage. On Wednesday I went to see Nicki Minaj.  I knew that I was stepping a little bit outside [...]

Why do we have to look like this?

"Now the questions that come to mind. Where is this place and when is it, what kind of world where ugliness is the norm and beauty the deviation from that norm? The answer is, it doesn't make a difference. Because the old saying is true. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, in this year or a hundred years hence, on this planet or wherever there is human life, perhaps out among the stars. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Lesson to be learned - in the Twilight Zone."

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” -Henry David Thoreau, 1854 Trying to pick a favorite Twilight Zone episode is a bit like trying to pick your favorite flavor of ice cream – impossible, but an enjoyable excuse to go back and revisit all of the contenders. [...]

Michigan Challenge Hot Air Balloon Launch

PNC

“The egos of men are like balloons – doomed to come down, and ever so fragile when confronted with just a tiny prick.”

Reluctant Children at British Military Exhibit in Greenfield Village

Child Driving Jeep - reluctantly

The parents were far more enthusiastic about this than their children were; I like to think that’s the encouraging aspect of an otherwise disturbing couple of images.

Greenfield Village Classic Car Muster Part Two : Cathedrals of Chrome

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“With Cathedrals built of Chrome, and Fanes of Merciless Steel.”

Greenfield Village Classic Car Muster Part One : Gods of Speed & Style

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“And in that time we made gods of Speed and Style;”