As we proceed toward the middle of March (or the the “ides”, I suppose, if you’re a fan of the Roman system), I’m coming up on a couple of endings. The end of my stay here at Jentel will be early next week, and though I’m excited to get back to Lorie, I’m going to…

I went on something of a side-trip yesterday, accompanying fellow Jentel residents Ryan and Joe on a little excursion to Devils Tower, a point of geologic interest located in the northeast corner of Wyoming. This is, of course, the big cylindrical rock formation that… well, it’s featured fairly prominently in a movie, I suppose. Otherwise…

I have good news, and bad news. First, the good news: this will probably be the last post you’ll see where I mention Kickstarter for a while, because our campaign concluded as the calendar rolled from February to March last night. This brings me to the bad news, however: we fell short of our goal,…

It was back in June when I indicated that I was going to start flexing a few of my creative muscles outside of photography, and I’ve been doing pretty good at expanding my creative endeavors this past year, although it took me a few months to finally post something here on the site that wasn’t…

Did you know that there’s only five days remaining in our Summit to Sea Kickstarter campaign? Yep, we’re well into the final week of our fundraising efforts, but unfortunately aren’t anywhere near reaching our goal, at least without a “Lent miracle” or something. As of this afternoon, our current total is just shy of $2,000,…

It hasn’t quite been a week that I’ve been here at the Jentel Residency, but I’m already being productive, which I have to confess is something of a relief. As in the Netherlands, I came here without a strong idea of precisely what I’d be doing, but I’m keeping myself busy, and have a project…

Yesterday Lorie dropped me off at the Jentel Artist Residency, and now, just about twenty-four hours later, I’m settled in, and have started to make some work. Well, kind of make some work… I’ve been doing a lot of brainstorming about it, but haven’t really cranked anything out yet. What I’ve produced in the last…

If you’ve watched the interview from last week with KPAX about the Summit to Sea project, and were wondering what the heck I was talking about when I first appeared on camera pointing away saying, “Dipper!”, then this is the post for you. The American Dipper is what I had spotted, a type of bird…

Lorie and I are currently visiting my folks here in the Bitterroot, and because we’ve been staying at their place, I’ve been perusing the bookshelves of my childhood room. It’s been fun to see some of the old books that I’ve forgotten, or that I’ve remembered. It’s kind of an eclectic mix, really: interspersed among…

As our fundraising efforts for the Summit to Sea project continue, we’ve been very fortunate to have managed to get some good press for our plan in more traditional media. A couple of weeks ago we were interviewed by a gentleman from the Billings Gazette and were featured in an article in the Sunday edition…