WEIRD WINTER. BIG CHANGES.

I’ve been a bit quiet both here on my Imaginegnat Journal as well as over on social media. It has not been intentional. Yet, as I look back I can’t help but look back and feel like it’s all playing out as it should and showing me a way forward regarding how and why I use various digital outlets and channels.

Beauty in the Mundane

When I close my eyes and dream, I often dream of far away places. In some cases I see images I have seen in digital articles, social media and books. It’s not often I see the park just 800 meters from my home.

Some Time Away from the Bike

I am almost afraid to write this here on the blog. I fear public ridicule. Honestly, it feels a little bit like a confessional, anxiety going into it and relief coming out of it.So here goes. I HAVE NOT RIDDEN MY BIKE IN OVER A MONTH! There I said it. But, not all is lost. […]

My first outing with a production Fuji X Pro 2

The wait is over. The Fuji X Pro 2 is here and in my hands! While I am bummed it didn’t arrive before the event, Frostbike, that I shot last week with a rented Olympus Pen F, it is here now. I am so thankful for my friends at National Camera Exchange. They had one […]

My last walk with the OMD EM1

I expected by this time this month I’d be prepping to share images taken with the new Fuji X Pro 2. But that camera delivery has been delayed so I dug into the recent archives for today’s post. Back in late December, I took one final walk (before selling it to fund X Pro 2) […]

Up North – A quick getaway to winterwonderland

Last Friday after the kids got home from school my wife, kids, dog and I headed up north for a private get away. I think it was our introverted tendencies reacting to hosting Christmas at our house. We wanted a quiet place, away from all the rig-a-ma-roll of the city. We arrived late in the […]

First Tracks

Our winter here in MN hasn’t been great if you like snow. Thankfully we got a dusting on Christmas night. I made plans to ride in the morning, well below first light, as I knew the trees and the ground would be covered in soft snow. The beauty did not disappoint. But the real beauty […]

Frostbike Bite

Seriously I am not dead. Just busy. Busy and good. Busy and blessed. It’s been a long two weeks with a family trip to MN’s North Shore and Frostbike (an industry event we put on each year) week. It’s still going too, but will end for me this coming Friday. Yeah! Frostbike took a bite […]

Getting Out

I have few words today. Words are all jumbled around in my head. I’ve been riding and shooting just a little tiny bit. Even those rides and moments of shooting images have helped me. I think I am just sensing a gang buster of a 2015 and it starts immediately again on Monday. I don’t […]

Up North – Winter 2012

A little over a year ago, some friends and I went up to northern Minnesota for a little fatbike trip. Upon returning, I said I wanted to back with more folks around the same time the following year and a plan was hatched. The plan was to head to Minnesota’s North Shore and ride fatbikes […]