One Step Back. Three Steps Forward.

After a month of silence, I am finally processing the start of my new small business, some recent events in my community and thinking about the next 30 years!

Taking My Life Back – Part 3 – My new business

Taking My life back part 3 – Introducing Iceworm MFG. Iceworm MFG is my new business and venture focused on handmade carry solutions for adventurous photographers.

Taking My Life Back – Part 2

As I continue to share some thoughts from the past year since I quit my job of 25+ years knowing there was something better for me, I want to dig into a second component of taking my life back…Travel! While I was very fortunate to travel quite a bit prior to leaving work and for […]

Rest – An update

I posted a few days ago about taking my life back. Buried deep in that post was a line about having a minor surgery yesterday. A few friends have checked in on me and I thought I would give a quick update to others and family. First of all, it was a minor same day […]

Taking my life back – Part 1

12 months into resigning and re designing my life. Let me share some words, learning and quotes that got me through it.

Spain Part 4 – Artist’s Rendition

OK….I said I was done. I said I was going to do my Spain coverage in 3 posts. I lied. While that was my intention, I took a look back through images and decided that there was another set of images to share. My duties on this trip were dad photo journalist. However, I did […]

Spain Part 3 – Places and Experiences

The places and experiences from our recent family trip to Spain.

Spain Part 2 – Food & Drink

Today I am back with Spain Part 2 – Food & Drink. You could probably call this post decadence, indulgence or submersion into the culture of food and drink. In short, we tried it all, took it all in and and 100% embraced the coffee, food, tapas, afternoon siestas and late night(s) out. Our time […]

Spain Part 1 – Familia

12 days in Spain part 1 – Familia

In Deep – A long, overdue update

Wow! I can’t believe my last post is way back on the 16th of March. Hard to believe really as I am still buzzing from my Mid South bike ride and it seems just like yesterday. So what has kept me from posting? Let me dig into it a bit, but in short, I am […]

The Mid South Gravel – 2022 Edition

Today I am sharing some words and images from the 2022 Mid South gravel bike race & ride. It’s been a few years since I’ve ridden this event. I wish I could entirely blame covid for that but I can’t! I went to Mid South on a mission to ride 1st and take pictures 2nd. I needed this ride and event. I can also tell you from my personal experience that I think a lot of other folks needed it too.

A Day to Create

I have had a lot on my mind. Surprisingly I am feeling similar to when I was working. My brain doesn’t turn off. I am hyper focused. I am churning over solutions and learning. I ignore some of the basic, human signals of thirst, hunger, etc. When I get this way, I am not the […]

Stay the course

In late January 2021 I took a similar picture as my opening main image. I was driving south. I was by myself. In those hours, minutes and seconds between Minneapolis and Kansas City I vowed to myself to prioritize my health and my well being, both physical and mental. It was the spark I needed […]

Deep Thoughts, Friends and Family

a in on what is going on and a few quotes that have really challenged me.

Sunny So Cal – Learning, Processing & Intuition

ast week I journeyed to sunny, Southern California. I was on a bit of a personal journey. I went for a hands on class to learn some new skills. Honestly, I didn’t fully know the purpose of this journey other than I knew I needed to do it. In the end, I came home to endless processing and thinking.