David’s Blog
Farm Time
“Do you know what time it is?” I ask Roger one day while we are switching a full hay wagon for an empty one during a break picking up bales. I have the tongue of the empty wagon in my hands as Roger is backing the tractor up to me.“I don’t know,” Roger says over his shoulder looking down at the tongue, “after dinner but before supper- best I can do.”“What...
Off Again to Africa
I'm off again to Africa! It will be Kenya this time once again in support of the non-profit New Course. New Course has started a program with the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust in the Chyulu Hills (the Green Hills of Africa) helping women gain an economic foothold while restoring this part of Kenya's Northern Rangelands. I will be taking photos and...
I Couldn’t Resist!
Another silly post but this one is really funny for those of you who like words and nonsense. I wish I could attribute this but I can't. Hope you enjoy it! Every year, English teachers from across the country submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These are published for the amusement of teachers around...
Winter Cold on the Farm
In winter, true winter, when the ground is white and the wind is visible with kicked up snow, the cold becomes just another layer you put on in the morning and don’t take off until your chores are finished at night. It is not something you can choose to wear one day and not another like a gift tie or a frilly scarf. It is part of your daily ensemble and...
A Thought on Aging
I have begun to workout again, trying to maintain my strength and ward off injury and the ravages of age. Cardio is easy, resistance training is hard. Gives my little brain time to wander though. This is what I have realized: Young men can get stiff anytime, old men are stiff all the time. Just thought I'd share.
My Dilemma
Here I am sitting on the Amtrak Empire train from Albany to Penn Station- on my way to the Big Apple- New York City! I have a couple of meetings to go to this afternoon and tomorrow morning so I will be wandering the streets and spending the night in the city all by myself! Pretty scary for a country bumpkin. But I come well foritfied- I am wearing my new...
What is Your One Word?
I have doing some thinking lately, mostly of the odd, obtuse kind and have come up with an interesting photography question- What one word best describes your photography? This is a more nuanced question then first appears. It requires you to actually think (you all know how I love to get photographers to think!) about the totality of your photography,...
Let’s Play- What’s the Problem?
Here is how we play What's the Problem? I show you a picture and you get to tell me what the problem is with that image. In other words- you get to tell me how I screwed up! Now isn't this going to be fun?!? Here is the first picture: This is an easy one. I took this photo more than two decades ago when I was ignorant about the benefits of a lens hood. I...
Northern Uganda
The environment, poverty and human trafficking. For the past 25 years northern Uganda has been under siege — not from invading armies as might be expected but from within fueled by a ruinous cycle of environmental degradation and crushing poverty. Stemming from the economic and cultural disparities between the prosperous and economically diverse south and...
Be a Writer
You have that little bug inside of you that fancies yourself a writer, don’t you? Not a writer now but a someday writer — someone who can tell a story or describe a place or share what is inside in a compelling and entertaining way. You’ve always wanted to write but something always came up and when you occasionally did try it wasn’t very good...
Why Share?
Okay, so lets get right down the nitty-gritty — Why? Why show your creative efforts? Why share what you make or write or photograph or weave or cook or digitally cobble together? What’s the point? Can’t you be a photographer or a writer or a web designer or a weaver or a painter or a code writer or teacher without sharing your talents with...