• I had a 14 hour flight and arrived late at night and crashed. When I woke up this was my view. I was starving and was hoping the breakfast downstairs was good. I had to linger at the window a bit longer. The breakfast was good (Doha, Qatar 2016)

  • Contrary to popular belief, I was working during sabbatical. This was the view from my office on one of my early morning writing moments. (Punta Gorda, Florida 2015)

  • We were having a meeting that day about a research project when the director said–let’s all go for a walk. It wound up being a long and beautiful walk through downtown and the harbor, (Chicago, 2016)

  • I was crossing the desert between Albuquerque and Phoenix on US 60 when I suddenly found myself feeling a bit like a science fiction character. I accidentally stumbled on The Very Large Array. I got to stop in for a visit. (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, New Mexico, 2005)

  • We all have bad days. This was someone else’s. The driver misjudged (or perhaps ignored) the garage height clearance. They removed the van by letting all the air out of the tires and rolling it out. (Shorewood, Wisconsin, 2012)

  • Sometimes we meet people who have had a transformative impact on the world. When you meet them, you are never quite the same. Meeting Fernando Cardinal, SJ was one of those moments. (Managua, Nicaragua 2007)

  • Although I enjoyed my time as provost, it was a lot of hard work with some early morning trips to the office. However that had its perks as well. (Kenosha, Wisconsin, 2014)

  • The palm trees are the icon/logo for the company. It was an unusually quiet day at the famous food outlet. (Peoria, AZ, 2005)

  • From my early days of photography. July 3 Fireworks in Milwaukee (1986)

  • As a boy I had seen photos of this. I could hardly believe I was walking across the marble deck down to the river (Haridwar, India, 2009)