by jamesp | Jun 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
The fact of the matter is that the pandemic has caused many of us to re-evaluate what’s important in our lives. Staying home with our families, observing everyday activities with a fresh eye brings a new appreciation of the simple pleasures of life. What brings this...
by jamesp | Jun 12, 2020 | Creativity
When I was young, my father liked to put together those plastic models from Revell. I remember sitting at our kitchen table while he would work on a WWII submarine. He approached it carefully, glueing a few parts at a time, and then setting it aside. We didn’t have a...
by jamesp | Jun 1, 2020 | Ethics
A glorious weekend has passed. With spring madly running into summer, our trees and flowers are blooming like crazy up here in Michigan. Yesterday, a dear friend called me from Florida. She was beside herself, not knowing where to turn, or who to call to express her...
by jamesp | Apr 10, 2020 | Photography, Resources
That’s a question I get asked all the time. I started shooting with film way back when, using a Kodak Hawkeye. Which I still have, by the way. In high school, I graduated to one of my mother’s old 2 1/4 roll film cameras. Most of those negatives were...
by jamesp | Feb 19, 2020 | Ghost Towns, Photography, Stories
During the course of redesigning the blog and the website, I found an email from Brian Walzel, who visited the church when it was still standing. Brian said in his email: First, I have no physical or spiritual connection to the church as it was discovered during a...
