I was presenting at a conference in Santa Barbara and i was asked if I took this in Santa Barbara. I was pleased to say it was from St. Ignace and that the ferry to Mackinac Island is in the background. Once they found out it was from my home state, they were unimpressed. (St.…

We had stopped at a rest area and Rob the Hound Dog hopped in the driver’s seat, ready to take over. He loved to ride in the car and the RV was a special treat for him (Beloit, Wisconsin, 2004)

I’m a big fan of rephotography. This is the same house as yesterday’s post–just 8 years later (Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2010)

While I was out on my “Dam Tour” I was near Death Valley. Although this is an iconic sign the real magic in the image was the amount of vegetation (and flowers). There had been a lot of rain that year. (Death Valley, California, 2005)

This is the old family farmhouse in Michigan. I took this photo in color, but it looked better when I transformed it to black and white. (Whitmore Lake, Michigan 1986)

If you saw the post earlier this month–I was walking toward the Ganges. The students and I were great entertainment for the crowd. (Haridwar, India, 2009)

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)

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)