Triplicate
One of the good things about this blog is that it forces me to go back to my old photos and find things that I’ve forgotten about. This photo is one of them. I took this of my son Jon at the Santa Ana airport in California. I used my iPhone 4 and an app [...]
Princess Bride
This is Katie, of course. This was one of my warm-up photos in the bridal shoot we did. There’s nothing about this that says “bride” but I like the portrait anyway. The lighting here is very simple – she is sitting in the opening of the doorway leading to our deck, which, in the late [...]
Saturday School
In the school I teach at, Saturday School was a form of punishment to students who had misbehaved. But at KIPP Minnesota, where my son Brian teaches, things are different. Once and a while, if the 9 hour weekdays in school aren’t enough, they work on Saturday. It’s not about punishment; it’s about excellence. What [...]
What I See When I See You
Of course, when I look at my wife, I see more than the Caribbean, white sand and the inviting shade of a palapa. I see much of my past, my present and my future. But in this photo I see the Caribbean, white sand and a palapa. (Confession: I created this post in part so [...]
More of My Favorite People
I have pictured others in my “inner circle” on this blog and suggested they were favorite people of mine. How can I not show these three and not say the same? My MIL, my youngest son and my wife on a visit to see Jon in Alaska a couple years ago. As I’ve said before, [...]
Four Amigos
Here’s my stream of consciousness: foot prints in frost (yesterday’s post) makes me think of foot prints in the sand. Foot prints in the sand make me think of Mexico. Mexico makes me think of family trips. Family trips reminds me of photo I took of the Four Cousins in Mexico a few years ago: [...]
Brian & Katie In Mexico
Here are two of my favorite people in one of my favorite places. I’m a lucky guy to have the opportunities I have!
The Snowy Dog
People are crazy about their pets and I was certainly guilty of being crazy about our Springer Spaniel, Polly. She seemed to love life and everyone she met. Polly is long-gone now but I come across photos of her every once and a while – I had forgotten I had this one.
Flesh and Blood
My oldest son, Brian, is pictured in this blog more often than Jon is. And, because Jon sent me a flattering email about my blog photos earlier today, I thought I would reward him by posting a photo I took of him 10 years ago somewhere in Italy. He has a better sense of style [...]
The Journalist
When Deb and I travel to Europe, I generally create the itinerary and take care of all the details before we leave: plane and train tickets, hotels and auto rentals. Once there, when we aren’t on a train or plane, I drive. So “What does Deb do?” you ask. Aside from giving me constant advice [...]
Mom & Dad
My dad died 10 years ago today and while I have posted a couple photos of my mom on this blog, I have yet to do so with Dad. I think that this is the last photo I took of my Mom and Dad together and it was taken a few years before my dad [...]
The Orange Sailor
It is a rare event that I have the pleasure of sailing with one of my sons. I would also imagine that it is a rare thing that anyone sails on Lake Oahe with the official FIFA World Cup colors of the Netherlands football team. But both were true yesterday as my son Brian and [...]
Scotty
Yesterday, in the process of sifting through the photo collection of my aunt Gladys, we came across this photo and it made my wife laugh. There aren’t many photos of me that aren’t posed. But this one appears to show me as I really was. Waiting in the Roadmaster with tousled hair, I look a [...]
An Angel Dances the Charleston
Gladys, born in 1912, passed away yesterday at the age of 97. She was my father’s sister and when I was growing up, we would make the trek out to Olympia, Washington, every other year to visit her. Like my aunt Betty in California, Gladys moved to the west coast from South Dakota looking for [...]
Betty
Betty is my 89 year old aunt. At age 18 she left South Dakota for California and has lived there ever since. At age 18 she showed a willingness to explore and she recently showed the same willingness when we carted her all over the Los Angeles area. In this photo she is sitting complacently [...]
Puzzled
My mother-in-law is one of the most amazing women I know. When we travel, she can outpace the best of us. She is smart, witty and curious. I’m saying all of this not because she sees this blog (I doubt she’d like this photo), but because it is true. Here she is pondering puzzle pieces. [...]
Snow Angel?????
I was hot tubbing at Bill Zubke’s in a SD blizzard. What possessed me to run from the steaming hot tub and jump in the snow? Stupidity. I hope this photo isn’t too disturbing for younger viewers. I know it disturbs me.
We Were Much Younger Then. . .
Set the Way-Back machine for 1991. We were visiting Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast. Brian and Jon were mere children then, and we were young adults. If you have the time, check out this link, where you can hear two points of view about the events surrounding this photo: Cannon Beach VoiceThread (click here).
Rosey Remembrance
This red rose came from an arrangement for my mom’s funeral. We had brought the rose home and as I was walking through the dining room, I noticed that the late afternoon sun was bathing it in strong, angular light. I guess this was a sign for me to photograph the flower.
The Empty Chair
I believe that this photo was the last photo taken of my mom at home. The empty chair was where my dad, Clarence, sat. Out of habit and respect, family members rarely sat in this chair, though my dad was never possessive about his place in the family room. My mother was happiest at home, [...]
Remembering Bernice
Of course, to my brother Mike, my sister Barb and me, she was “Mom.” I’m sad to say that Mom passed away in the early hours of the morning today (October 25, 2009). Mom was 91 and we had spent the better part of the afternoon yesterday visiting her at the nursing home she lived [...]
Seeing Red: Going Green
My wife said that when we traded in our sexy Chrysler mini-van, we would buy a Prius. “What’s a prius?” I asked. She said that it was a car that got good mileage and ran part of the time on a battery which was charged by its own motor and brakes. “Brilliant,” I thought. So [...]
A Few Members of the Rausch Family
This is a candid shot of a family photo that Brian and Katie’s wedding photographers were organizing. That’s why no one is looking at me. I love the light and the soft colors in this photo. The light is late afternoon ambient light sifting in through the east windows on the 22nd floor of the [...]
The First Dance
It is the day after the Big Event and I am tired but happy. We enjoyed every thing about the day, including Brian and Katie’s first dance in their life as a married couple.
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