Category Archives: Notes

I’ve been a little slow on Notes posts lately—drifting away from my weekly schedule to sit under a hemlock tree and enjoy warmth after one of the longest, darkest winters I can remember in the Northeast—so I’ve decided to post Read More

The NYC heat wave continues today, so I thought I’d post several haiku poems about the country. Although these poems were written about Woodstock, NY—where I go to find respite from the city’s intensity, a place that often reminds me Read More

Several years ago, I took a photography class at ICP called Roll A Day: Photo Diary that required me to shoot a roll of film every day for ten weeks with one day off for processing, printing and recovering from extreme Read More

NYC Sidewalk and Wall. Houston Street. Abstract Wall. Houston Street. Crosswalk. Houston and Sixth Avenue. Chain Link Only. Advertising and the Local. These photos were made with my iPhone on or near Houston Street today. iPhone Photo Tip: To prevent blur, Read More

I snapped this photo of the Ai Wei Wei Zodiac sculpture with my iPhone last night. Ai WeiWei, who lived in NYC in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, was arrested by the Chinese authorities on April 3 and hasn’t been Read More

These are the iPhone photos (shot and manipulated with Instagram App) from last week’s NC road trip. There’s an essay in the previous post, if you are in the mood for some words… Glenn’s Tastee Freeze. Wilkesboro, NC. Tea Time Read More

Imagine a time before photoshop and the everyday use of digital cameras. Imagine a time when photographers experimented with manual exposure in the field, not just inside the computer. When I decided to take photography classes, the world of images—as well Read More

Today is Poem In Your Pocket Day in NYC, so I wrote a poem and carried it in my pocket. Here’s the Poem: Pocket Poem NYC After lunch in the cafe, I wrote a poem on a napkin—my pen sinking Read More

This week I wrote two haiku poems about walking outdoors to post on Twitter. The first one, written about a full-moon night in the country, combines images that made me stop, slow down and wish that a camera could capture Read More

Inspired by the NCAA basketball games, I wrote quick basketball haiku last weekend and posted five on my blog. This week I’m taking one, using the last line as a start sentence and typing out a free-write post. Here’s the Read More