If I had a limitless supply of money...

...I would buy all the old, deserted houses I find that can be saved and I would restore them.

I don't know what I would do with them after that. Perhaps leaving them upon the land where they were built would simply delay their demise. Maybe I could move them...after all, I have a limitless supply of money...to a town full of old houses that once graced the rural Iowa countryside.

I'd start with this place.

Politics

In this political season, I am struck by how easily our society is influenced by emotional ploys.



With that in mind, I offer an image that symbolizes to me our responsibility to the generations that follow us. We offer them a great disservice when we respond emotionally or based on personalities instead of logic. Logic requires critical questioning. While it is easier to be told how to think (ok, for many people...probably not the truest statement about me), we have a greater responsibility than to follow blindly.

Please, go find out what you think. Find out what is true and don't believe the emotional ploys politicians use to draw out feelings that blind your logic.

My Favorites on Flickr

I have a bunch of photographs 'favorited' on flickr.
Above is one example. I did not take the photo, this guy did.
I wish I took it, but it's in Michigan and I'm not.

This is only one of many, so go see these pictures.

They're awesome.

Textures

Textures make photos more tasty. Don't you think?

Iowa Landscape

Photographed 8/8/08