My brother gave me these little fellas and they watch over me as I catch up with things at my desk. Sidenote: I went down a rabbit hole to find out what smurfing meant and the most interesting version was the bank industry jargon that is a way to launder money.

A little sprig packed inside the Balsam Fir Field Notes Gift Sets I ordered. Nice touch Coudal/Draplin. Nice touch indeed!

LEFT: A sign outside a Cracker Barrel RIGHT: Muffins, Guardian of Time Yet another pair of photos pulled from the phone. The day was largely spent on the road catching up and watching the midwest roll by. Upon arrival to our destination I was instructed to open a large wrapped gift on the guest bed. [...]

Tom told his brother that I was a bit obsessed with New Belgium brews, which you can’t buy in these parts. On his way up for the holidays Jeff brought up a few cases for me and my gratitude is great. Extremely great. Thank ya Jeff. You’ve made a grown man happy.

Dear Album that I update much delayed, Yes, I made a photo every day in 2009… I just haven’t gotten to posting them. I’m on it! This one? I got up early on Christmas Day because I didn’t like the horizontal image I had selected as a framed gift for my mom. And though this [...]

A package with Stephen Shore’s Uncommon Places book arrived. I am enamored. A quick image search and you might see why I dig it so. From his artist statement from this work, “A picture happens when something inside connects, an experience that changes as the photographer does.” That’s adequately vague and spot on in complexity. [...]

My friends got me this little fella 3 years ago and I always grin every time I unpack it from Christmas storage. Bonus link: See how crappy my old video camera was back then and view this little USB-powered fella in action.