6 things I learned about New Zealand while in search of paradise

New Zealand is kind of mid. After spending 26 days driving from New Zealand’s north…

Part 5: Relief and gratefulness brought us all a smile

On March 1, 2023, my dad’s life with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease finally got a…

Part 4: The infuriating contradiction of losing your mind

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs denied my dad a life-improving benefit that would finally…

Part 3: Dementia merry-go-round—when time becomes a loop

My dad is living in Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas to avoid homelessness—again. He…

Part 2: How dementia and America’s fear of communism made my dad homeless for two weeks

My dad was homeless for 15 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. I don’t…

Part 1: My dad has been trying to escape his whole life

A few days after Thanksgiving, my dad ran away from my niece’s home where he…

How life without a gallbladder changes everything you eat

Disclaimer: This article talks about food and poop, because this is real life and food…

And one, and two, and work out those muscles!

I went along on a fitness photoshoot to American Iron Gym at the beginning of 2018. I borrowed a Nikon F3 and shot one roll Ilford 400 film. Models Celeste Noelle and Jenna Rowan were awesome to work with. Here’s the photos from that session.

In the 1970s, we use ‘film’ – a fashion shoot in Reno

Photographer Kevin Waters invited me to come along on an impromptu 1970s photoshoot in Reno…