On Sunday October 21, 2012 PSUWSOC played Michigan to a 1-1 tie and secured their 15th consecutive Big Ten title!
The sky is gray, the air is crisp, and over the ridge I can hear the crowds from Beaver Stadium. Fall is here.
Mr. William Schreyer endowed the honors college at Penn State in 1997, creating the Schreyer Honors College. When he passed away in nearly two years ago and friends and family wanted to honor him with a fitting gift to the SHC. The William A. Schreyer Courtyard will be dedicated tomorrow […]
When the weather gets wet around here mushrooms come out. My son pointed out this clutch of mushrooms just this morning.
The iconic main administration building on Penn State’s University Park campus. I had never noticed that the interior of the tower was covered in orang-ish bricks.
It was the second home game of the Bill O’Brien era and the first win. Penn State was playing Navy and it was Military Appreciation Day. Overall, a very moving day.
Penn State Women’s Soccer won their first Big Ten game of the year against Wisconsin. In order to get a long throw-in all the way to the box, Wisconsin player Lindsey Johnson performs a cartwheel throw.
When I started shooting and developing my own film and images (following in my older brother’s footsteps) we only used B&W. It was much cheaper and a lot easier to do in a basement darkroom whose walls consisted of heavy black plastic duct-taped to the ceiling. I have always loved […]
No, this is not a political appeal or a reference to the upcoming election. It is about the SS United States. A few weeks ago we went to see Real Madrid v. Celtics at the new Eagle’s stadium. I left the ladies shopping at Ikea and directly across the parking […]
I have loved orchids ever since I first read Nero Wolfe as a kid (Timothy Hutton did a great TV adaptation a few years ago). I already enjoyed horticulture and to have a detective-hero who had his own greenhouse where he nurtured and nursed his blooming children made it obvious that […]
My wife and I spent the first 4 years of our marriage in Oxford (UK, not MS). It was a wonderful time. I have been back just a few times, but 10 years after we left we returned with our children. That was 2007 and these are just a few […]