I am retired from the federal government. I have three grown children and four grown grandchildren. I enjoy photography and creative non-fiction writing. I love capturing a moment in time and sharing it. I shoot almost anything that seems to summon me, animals, landscapes, lines and textures, colors, life in general. I love happy accidents like finding an out of commission train car, a hand lettered sign on a lonely country road or the flaking but vivid paint on an alley dumpster. As with many other photographers, I feel it is awesome when...more