Welcome

In these pages I propose to introduce you to myself, my work, and my world.  Please don't take any of this too seriously.  I'm just a guy who lives in Minnesota, who doesn't have to work for money any more, and who owns a good camera, and too many journals.  I consider myself to be a lucky person.  Not only was I born after the invention of Novocaine, the writing of Shakespeare, and the development of high quality sound reproduction, I live in an extraordinarily beautiful part of the world that has been peaceful for several generations.

Generally speaking, I am embarrassed.  I have easily twenty times the wealth and security of most people in the world even though I have never worked as hard as most people.  Not that I am lazy.  It's just that the dirtiest I have ever gotten my hands while being paid was when I was working with kindergarteners using tempera paint.  Even lowly teachers in Minnesota are paid many times what they are paid in, say, Costa Rica.  There are billions of workers around the world who get so filthy working that they are never clean.  Ever.  I'm white, which means that people generally don't suspect me of trying to get away with anything, even when I am, and I have been pulled over by the cops only once in my life but they had a really good reason to pull me over.  A great college education cost me only $2,900 per year for tuition, room, and board.  Really.  I'm not making that up.  So, yes, I have been so lucky in life that it makes me nervous.  Almost nobody gets what they deserve, not even Trump voters.  (Especially not Trump voters.  Not yet, anyway.)  I have certainly done nothing to deserve what I have received, the housing, dental care, sushi, scotch, good furniture, tickets to the Guthrie, and on and on.  Well, I did actually, but not compared to most other people on the planet.  Comparatively speaking, I don't deserve any of the stuff I have, so, yes, I am usually embarrassed.

That's one reason I know that not much of anything I do, say, or write matters.

Chris