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Author Archives: Les
Edgar Allen Poe and the Snow Angle
Clean Water Action activist braving -10F windchill to spread the word about toxic chemicals in children’s products. Last night, as the winter darkness froze into place and an arctic wind chilled the air to -10F, I settled down in front … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Color, Politics, Portraits
Tagged 2013, Clean Water Action, door knocking, Edgar Allen Poe, Minneapolis, minnesota, politics, winter
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Winter and Memories of Sete, France
These doorways in Sete are quintessential southern France and an example of Mediterranean color theory. With less than a month until the shortest day of the year I’ve been craving color. Forecasters are predicting snow for tomorrow. This may be … Continue reading
Posted in France, Languedoc
Tagged 2002, color theory, doors, Dust Bowl, France, Great Plains, Mediterranean, Sete, travel, Willa Cather, winter
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Invisible People, Invisible Work
Kevin and Jay Collecting Yard Refuse A couple of days ago I was taking my trash out when the garbage truck pulled up. It’s getting towards the end of the lawn cleaning period, before winter settles in, and they were … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, labor
Tagged 2013, environment, garbage, inequality, invisible, labor, Minneapolis, minnesota, politics, recycling, trash
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All Hallow’s Eve
The picture above is from a couple of days ago when it was still sunny and not cold. Today is overcast, wet and damp: perfect weather for the March of the Sugar Crazed Zombies. Halloween is my favorite holiday. It … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
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The Most Colorful Time of the Year
A Late Autumn Afternoon On My Street Autumn is my favorite season. The weather fronts that had been blowing north from the south or southwest bringing heat and humidity have been replaced with air flowing in from the northwest and … Continue reading
Fall Motorcycling In the Driftless
Virgil and Peter Taking A Break. Recently, my buddy Virgil and I rode our bikes to Winona to see the exhibits at the Minnesota Maritime Art Museum. We made the trip a two-day ride so that we could take time … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Photo, Portraits
Tagged Mississippi River, motorcycle, river, Wisconsin
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