I’m just back from three weeks plus residency at my home away from home: the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. I’ve written before about residencies and I’m sure I mentioned that one of the best things about them are the people. … Continued
Today is my birthday so you’ll excuse me if I’m feeling a little nostalgic. Here are some photos of things from my childhood that I still own. This may be the first photograph I took. It’s of my family on … Continued
Today’s post was written by cinematographer Andy Bowley and originally published in June 2010. I’m putting up this “encore post” because shooting video with the Canon 5D has recently come up several times at my day job. That, plus I … Continued
I’m leaving Ucross today and preparing for a bumpy re-entry. They always are. Here are some photos taken during my residency. Hope you like them. [portfolio_slideshow timeout=7000]
I’ve been at Ucross for more than a week. Time is flying, and as usual I’m not satisfied with my productivity, but I know that I have been working — revising a couple of stories and playing around with the … Continued
Jessica Roth, writer, guest blogger, and friend of A Life’s Work, took these photos on a recent trip to Arizona and sent this bit of text along to accompany them. I make an annual sojourn to this spot…alongside the river, … Continued
When I was at VCCA I made a couple of recordings of me playing some classical guitar music, one in the field on a beautiful summer-like day (listen to it here) and another in the silo. Its circular shape and … Continued
“There is something hopeful and serene about Bonsai!” That sentence was left by someone on Facebook after they looked at photographer Karen Bell’s images of the bonsai trees in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Here they are, courtesy of Karen. [portfolio_slideshow timeout=5000] … Continued
(Last week guest blogger Danielle Futselaar told us about how she came to be the graphic designer for the SETI Institute’s SETIcon II. I’m delighted that she took the time to write about her experience at the conference and share … Continued
Yesterday I biked to the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum to watch the space shuttle Enterprise settle into its new home. More after the slide show. Enterprise never went into orbit. It’s role in the space program was … Continued