A long time ago while working in the photography store, A customer and I were chatting, and they happened to have photos of a Santa sleigh with flamingos and a large Pillsbury Doughboy Styrofoam figure in it. I asked what the story behind this was, and they said someone in the neighborhood had the doughboy […]

For this column, I thought I would take the space and talk about one of the bane’s of my existence: computers. I know some of you just love computers and what they do. I get it. I do. Because I used to be that way. I used to source my own parts and build my […]

The toys you lost, the toys mom gave away, the toys that broke, that went missing. Our lost youth. The feeling of nostalgia that hits you like a truck out of nowhere when you come across a toy you had in your youth. Whatever it was, it takes you back instantly, even if you had […]

Growing up in Erie, Pennsylvania, few buildings were as iconic as the former Koehler Brewery – Erie Brewing Company’s buildings. The brewery closed in 1978 after a 90 year production run. First built on the site in 1855 subsequent additions took place over the years. Jackson Koehler started brewing in 1890 and his beers were […]

In 2003 We took a trip to Philadelphia and while there I spent a day photographing  Eastern State Penitentiary. It was a prison built by the Quakers that in it’s time was well outside the city limits and quite advanced in its construction. Opened in 1829, it was the first prison in the United States […]

I love frustrating people sometimes… In this day and age of social media, tracking aps, data tracking, phishing emails and text messages, search engine tracking, targeted advertising, mailing list sales, location tracking and not to mention cameras absolutely everywhere, I do my best to stay off everyone’s radar. I have to tell you it’s not […]

Gene Rodenberry C/O Heaven or eternity And somewhere in orbit   Dear Gene, I hope this letter finds you well , wherever your soul has chosen to rest. Whatever ethereal plane you are on I hope you are enjoying the future you so eagerly thought of and sought for all of us. Alas, only small […]

Everyone thinks that celebrities are really intelligent people. Maybe some are. However the way I see them, they are not any smarter than you or me. Most celebrities are/were normal people who were in the right place at the right time to be discovered. Marilyn Monroe was a pretty normal farm girl until someone saw […]