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Rest Easy America by Les Phillips is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. American politics in 2016 is very scary. A large, vocal minority are expressing their anger at our political system by supporting Donald J Trump, … Continue reading →

James and his daughter Aria. With each generation comes the potential for the Phoenix to rise from the fire and ashes of previous generations. On Monday last, I went to the Black Lives Matter encampment in front of the Governors … Continue reading →

I’ve begun to simplify my life by getting rid of the clutter of 69 years. Because I have no siblings, wife or children I have no one to whom I can leave the jetsam and flotsam of my life. So … Continue reading →

Photo is from 08/21/2015 when smoke from western forest fires transformed Minneapolis sunsets. This morning, I woke up early. My subconscious alarm, that reptilian part of my brain that automatically warns me about ancient threats, had gone off. Something was … Continue reading →

It was a warm, late summer day. I had dropped off a friend at the Twin Cities airport and was heading home. My drive took me passed Fort Snelling Military Cemetery.  I’ve lived in Minneapolis for 35 years and had … Continue reading →

Recently, I was walking down an alley and saw this lonely glove lying on the pavement. Immediately I thought of the Black Lives Matter movement and took this photo. It was only later, while creating the above image, that a … Continue reading →