Author Archives: imagist

Father’s Day

Yes, I know it’s a “Hallmark Card” merchant’s advertising day. Yet I enjoy its effect on my psyche. Days before I think about my dad, and his dad, in unusual ways — considering whether to put a picture of dad up on the blog, or FaceBook — then the pictures of dad and grandpa run […]

For love of tools… and passing on the “mojo…”

Some weeks back I engaged in a conversation, over on the LUG (Leica User Group email list), about cameras with or as mojos. Some people in the conversation understood; others did not. Can a camera be a magic charm, talisman, or cast a spell • have magic power. I suppose not. Yet when a tool […]

Reviewing the ’60s

Last thursday evening John and Mckim Stropes organized another “Avant Garde” gathering of individuals interested in ’60s poets, musicians, photographers, and artists. The meeting included both young and old. We gathered in the beautiful, historic Green Hall on the UW Milwaukee campus. These events are part of the Avant Garde Coffeehouse Research Project sponsored by the […]

Goodwill Samurai

The three youngsters radiated excitement when I pulled into the parking lot of the Goodwill store in Grafton, Wisconsin. As I walked towards them each was expressing their palpable pleasure and disbelief to one another – over the acquisition of a samurai sword. I asked them the price. “$40.” The owner, the fellow with both hands […]