Photography

Rare Snowfall in Oro Valley, AZ — An Unexpected Winter Wonderland

This morning I awoke to find an unexpected and beautiful surprise — a freshly fallen blanket of snow outside. Here in the Oro Valley/Tucson area, it’s a rare treat to witness cacti covered in snow beneath white-capped…

Amado, Arrivaca & San Xavier

I set out this morning for a ride to Arivaca Lake on my new Yamaha FZ6. The sun was shining and some great clouds for cover and photographic background had rolled into the frame and were indicating a scenic ride to the southwest. Arizona in September can be brutally hot, but it…

STS-118 Space Shuttle Endeavour — Flawless Flight

At 06:37pm EST on August 8th, 2007, Space Shuttle Endeavour lither fires and lifted off, headed for the cosmos for a rendezvous with the ISS on its planned 11 day mission to provide supplies and deliver scientific experiments in the SPACEHAB…

Shuttle Launch — Part 1–80% Chance for launch

I’m sitting in the Las Vegas McCarran airport, waiting for my connecting flight to Orlando — enroute to Titusville for tomorrow’s Space Shuttle launch. I was informed this morning as I was leaving the house that we’re looking at an 80% chance for…

Silence

Through the still dawn air
 I do not find it
 Nor in the later hours is it found

Not in the recesses of the breaks
 Urban mountains rest

 A pin drop? No — 
 A whisper? Hardly — 

 An unobtainable substance without matter
 Matters most…

New York, NY

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Pictures in Union Square

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