A GREAT KNOCKER
There used to be two. They were great knockers on the steel doors of...
WE ARE BEING GUIDED
The signs are subtle and mysterious but there is no doubt that extra-terrestrial life...
FUTURE VIEW CAMERA
Everyone knows time travel is a fantasy. It makes for great books and movies...
HARRY, ZIP AND RIP
They grew up watching The Wild One, Easy Rider and watching Evil Knievel...
EAGLE DAVE
Dave Berkoflavin was feeling bored and directionless. Being a cube dweller for over...
FIRST RURAL MAILBOX
This is a historic site, Mailbox Zero and receives about 11 visitors a year...
THE BOARD
Nothing gets decided without the “board’s” approval.
We don’t know they are. ...
LOOKING FOR SPONSORS
The Worthlebees from Busted Fir, Montana decided it’s time to revive chemically-aided enhanced...
KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS
The town council of Happy Pleasant Hills, Indiana was getting increasingly worried about how...
SPIRIT FOGGER
I found it the attic one night. It was in a sealed metal...
NOT FREE
Let’s be perfectly clear about this.
No “innocently” loading on your truck and driving...
MOUSEMAN
Larry’s friends are merciless when to comes to his preferred game, wild mice.
SALLY’S ORGANIC COMPOST WHISKEY
Who would have thought that you could make a powerful and delicious liquor from...
EXOPLANET COMMUNICATION
The James Webb space telescope cost about 10 billion dollars and doesn’t even pick...
YOU CAN”T EAT TOO MUCH ICE CREAM
When Maggie and Thrump Kithpepper decided to open an ice cream stand in Culthton...
DATE DOGS
Walter had it with dating sites
He struggled to create the perfect...
The Third Eye Detectives
When you have a mystery to solve, a killer to capture, an unfaithful spouse...
SECURE MODERN STORAGE SPACE AVAILABLE
Americans do not consume enough. We buys all kinds of things and they...
FUTURE TV
I thought it was odd to see and old TV sitting on the side...
HOME DEFENSES
Some people think the apocalipso is coming. Four horsemen, fire and brimstone, locust,...
THE HEADLESS PATRIOT
He’s an icon, representing legions of loyal Americans who have no need to think...
PLOW BATTLES
Neighbors are supposed to be neighborly. That’s where the word comes from. “…of,...
NATURAL BUSINESS PARTNERS
Originally Sal and Gloria were going to call their place Zen and the Art...
THE MEAT CANALS OF KEARNY
Most meat processing was done in China for the longest time We’d grow...
SHAMAN TUTORING
I found his card tacked up on the community bulletin board at the pizzeria.
GATEWAY TO SIX MONTHS AGO
I thought it was just an overgrown garden.
It used to be a...
THE END OF LIGHT WATER
Lightwater was first discovered in 1981 bubbling out a spring near Interstate 78 where...
MORNING ROCKET RUSH
It is hard to believe, but this stuff is entirely legal in Pennsylvania. ...
TUBE FOOD
Humans are essentially just a collection of tubes. Arm tubes and leg tubes...
CERTIFIED CONFORMIST
The coveted Conformity Certification confirms true conformists.
Chinese Standard Method, CHSM-1643, specifies...
HOME HEATING
It’s been a cold January with temps dipping into the single digits and freezing...
CAVIARITARIAN
I tried vegetarianism, fruitarianism, airitarianisms and ice creamiterianism but nothing has kept me healthier...
FLUORIDATED AIR
It works for cavities why not acne?
There is always a...
BLACK ROCK LOOKOUT
The Black Rock monastery is carved into a massive rock mountain, deep, deep in...
LIB ERADICATOR
Don’t call him a pied piper. He’ll punch you in the crotch. He sees...
CICADA NECTAR
Cicadas emerge every year, burrowing up from the soil, molting their old carapaces then...
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION SHACK
A few years ago, everyone was freaked out about electromagnetic radiation. Being in an...
WILD COWS (Bovine americanus)
It isn’t true that the colonist wipe out native cows. They are relatively...
FULL SPECTRUM PEST CONTROL
There was a time when if you wanted to wipe out all the living...
DIY ELECTRIC TRUCK
Now that it costs about $500 to fill your truck, many pick-em-up drivers are...
MASK VIGILANTE
Frank used to be a masked vigilante. He was a Zorro with a yellow...
SUS, THE MINDFUL SWINE
Sus was a reluctant but gracious guru.
Sus credited his mother, Suidae, with...
HOME DRY CLEANING
How many of your best garments are labelled “Dry Clean Only?”
I usually...
MEGA FRANKENFOOD
You can’t go wrong with french fries, especially mega fries. The bigger the better...
SEDUCTIVE LADDER DANCING
Sal was quite a ladder dancer in his day. Women drove from...
THE CHURCH OF PLUNDER
Attendance was down at the little chapel on the highway leading out of town....
SEXTOMETER
Dr. Roy Obit, PhD, LLC, LTD is a neurological researcher and inventor. He...
SPACE PASTE
Flash back to the moon race years. Anyone who watched TV, read a magazine...
RAT MEN
The Rat Men are an incredibly proud cult based in south Jersey and their...
TRAMPOLINE LANDING
Trevor didn’t start out to be a daredevil. He suffered from Thrill Creep,...
INTER DIMENSIONAL TRAVEL
So yeah, video games have come a long way since Asteroids. (ptew! ptew!...
OAK APPLE
It’s a real thing, but it’s not an apple and doesn’t grow on oak...
R2NLDMACRONNO
It could be the answer to our current crisis. It is a...
HOVER CAR
Hover cars were really big for a while in the sixties, especially in remote...
WINTER WORMS
We usually think of worms as being a summer critter, coming out after a...
COAL FIRED SAUNA
Personal saunas are huge in PA coal country. The saunas themselves aren’t huge...
DRONE HUNT
The New Year’s Eve drone hunt contest has become a tradition in many...
WELLHEAD
Abandoned wells are a huge problem from both an environmental and safety perspective.
There are...
BABY PLOW
Many people are eschewing petrochemical-powered machines in favor of old fashion carbohydrate-powered models. ...
PUMPKIN CANNON
Growing up, I had friends who taped together tin cans to make a long...
EAR WIFI
At first, I thought these were just safety pins. A few crusty, rusty...
THE SACRED STONE
It’s just a big black rock. So why is it in a temple...
SANTA AND THE WISE MEN
For my whole life I was confused about Christmas. One story is about...
GET LIT FOR SAINT NICK
Make your house a beacon for the flying saint, Saint Nicholas (knicknamed Sinter...
NEW COVID VARIANT
COVID continues to surprize but not delight us. It is giving us...
THE SWALLOWING MASTER
Monsieur Merdestupide is by far the world’s most prolific swallower. It’s a questionable...
SOLSTICE
(Author’s note: This blog was inadvertently published on December 18th. D’oh! I am publishing...
2-WHEEL HARMONIZERS
While taking a walk one weekend morning, I heard a buzz coming from behind...
LITHIUM
For years and years our township has been liberally salting the roads during the...
SAVE YOUR BUTTS
The latest craze on TV cooking shows is a unique, delicious and somewhat surprising...
DIRECTIONS
When I don’t know which way to go I just follow the signs.…
HOUSE TRUCK
WHERE WOULD JESUS LIVE?
IN THE GUTTER
IN RETIREMENT
EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
CELL PHONES ACCESSORIES
I’m not quite sure how these go with a cell phone. They look...
HANG IN THERE WOODY
As the tractor trailer barrelled past us on the Interstate a drama was playing...
INDUSTRIAL MARIJUANA
It was bound to happen. If there is big money to be made...
ROOMBA RHUMBA
It’s the latest in robotic entertainment. Some creative techies have hacked Roombas into...
FLAG REMNANT
Not much left of old glory. Only 28 stars and two stripes. ...
GOD SON S
I’m not sure about this one. Is it a typo. Is there...
AI DOLLS
The must have toy for 2021, AI dolls.
They look innocuous and frankly they...
MAYO RUINS
When we think of ancient remains we usually think of Egypt, the far east...
LAVA FLOW
It can happen anywhere. We are living on a dynamic planet. Volcanic...
CHANNELING
You never know if you can believe that non-physical beings can communicate by talking...
CO2 EXTRACTOR
It started as something for a science fair and has since become the greatest,...
PERSONAL SUBMARINES
It is not widely known but upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania is the world center...
NEW BUSINESS VENTURE
I’ve had a little down time lately and thought I’d start a new business....
ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION
A few years ago the old Mildford, NJ papermill was demolished. ...
IT’S A MANNEQUIN
It’s plastic. Not real. The leg fell off and needed to be...
THANKSGIVING
Happy Thanksgiving! Everyday is a good day to give thanks and what better...
WIRED AND TRANSFORMED
Three heavy oil-filled transformers sit atop a slightly bent wooden pole outside my...
GETTING BOMBED
It’s a subtle insider message. Legionnaires know what it means. Unlike...
CANNAN IRONY
Way back around around the second millenium B.C. God reportedly told Joshua to head...
CRAMPS
Everybody gets them, some more than others. They suck and can be debilitating....
THE PORTAL
Andrew takes his job seriously. He has worn out countless shoes pacing back...
ENGINE 33
Thomas the Train was a darling little blue train with a happy face and...
FLY KICKER
It’s an art, a special martial art requiring mental focus as well as physical...
FINGERS
With a name like Fingers, certain professions come to mind. Cracking safes is...
HOLIDAY SPECIAL
Maybe you missed it. The special only lasted one day. Of course it...
AGONY SONG
I was in my studio and could hear horrible sounds emanating from the street....
GOING GREEN
Verde was always a nature girl. She loved the woods especially in the...
GRANDPA JOE
It looks like your typical warm and fuzzy retirement story. A hardworking man...
LAB BEEF
They look totally real. Driving past, you’d never suspect they were grown in a...
INKY
For years he was the center of the water ride, a fountain of mirth....
TREECYCLING
They do things differently down in the Pinelands. They even do some things...
CANDIDATES
We are are barely past the 2021 elections and already congressional candidates are touring...
A-41F MEGALINER
Bowing and Grumman have collaborated on designing and building the largest passenger plane ever...
DEPRESSED BUOY
There was a time when he was rugged and strong and as a North...
TRUMPET TOM
He looks like a regular street musician, a busker. His horn is tarnished...
SNOWMAN POOP
Sure, we all would expect snowman poop simply to be snowballs, but they...
COMMAND CENTER
She seemed so innocuous. Just another mom out shopping and stopping to get...
WILD PLAYGROUND
The back to nature movement is still strong, even in urban environments. People...
SAM BONI
He isn’t the first person to be outfitted with a prosthesis to compensate for...
DUH
This could be taken a few ways. Maybe it’s an article, an adjective,...
TIME MACHINE
This should have made headlines worldwide but it could have caused undue consternation. While...
PRE-BAKING
Painting lines on the roads can be pretty boring. Miles and miles of...
RIVER DIVING
On hot summer days it feels great to dive into some water. I...
SQUASH BRAINS
I’ve carved a few pumpkins in my time and usually they are just filled...
THE SMELL OF PUMPKINS
We probably take it for granted. That aroma of pumpkin. It is in...
MOVE
Things that don’t keep moving, freeze up. They rust in place. There is...
FRIGHTENED TREE
Trees always seem so Stoic, accepting whatever comes their way with grace and forbearance....
AUTOMATIC WRITING
The Theosophists (Madam Blavatsky and her buddies) were proponents of automatic writing. ...
MOVING TARGETS
I am an excellent shot. A marksman. I never miss. Almost...
REPRODUCTION BY BUDDING
Budding is a form a sexual reproduction where a new organism is produced from...
DOG DELIVERY
Will innovations ever cease? Let’s hope not. The pandemic certainly accelerated...
THE SPY
He is too suspicious. Too ordinary. Too casual. You know he’s a spy....
SANDING SPREE
There are special artisans, Sandies, who specialize in sanding wood. They are...
PECT FLEX
When is walking the dogs a whole body workout? When they...
ANTHROPOCENE
The Anthropocene. It’s a new epoch, at least unofficially. It’s the current geologic...
AMANITA MUSCARIA
I thought they were just regular mushrooms, toadstools. Little did I suspect their...
MAILBOX NINJA
There are occasional bouts of mailbox pilfery out in the countryside where the mail...
SUGAR AND ESTERS
Bins and bins of tightly wrapped, colored chunks of teeth rotting, carbohydrates and flavor...
LINCOLN ON A STARS AND BARS?
People like to screw around with the American flag, making it different colors, putting...
EYE OF ORBIS
Everyone knows about the Eye of Horus ....
HEINOUS GRAFFITI
I don’t know what was painted on the street but it must have been...
MERMAID GILLS
How do mermaids breathe? Are they like lungfish, coming up for air? ...
THE FILTER BIBLE
All the answers are in here. Seek and you’ll find. But bring...
SECURITY OWLS
Frank is a former NSA/CIA/FBI/IOU agent. He specialized in alternative surveillance methods. ...
FRIED DEEPLY
Deep frying is when you stick something in a vat of really hot oil....
FOR OUTDOORSY COUCH POTATOES
Not all couch potatoes sit in dimly lit rooms eating chips in stained sweatshirts....
MORNING BLAHS
I don’t usually post selfies but sometimes I just want to express how I...
RAIN GEAR
When it rains and you are outside, you get wet, unless you are prepared...
PIG HARVEST TIME
New Jersey is well known for its peaches and tomatoes but not as well...
TOMATL- The Swelling Fruit
Tomatoes, (tomatl in Nathuati) come to us from South and...
SELF PORTRAIT
I don’t often post self portraits of my self. That’s not to say...
EMERGING ARTISTS
I sometimes wonder why there seem to be a lot of artists in Frenchtown....
HISTORIC PHOTO
There was a time when horses ruled the street. Lashed to carts and...
ONCE PINK
Flamingoes are a lovely bird. Especially pink ones. I can’t think of...
ARCHITECTURAL MASHUP
The great architect, Aljusta Senioritis, has been turning the residential housing market upside down...
OUR SPINNING WORLD
There are some places on Earth where gravity is light. They are just...
PREDICTION
A wedding photographer once told me he could predict the likely outcome of a...
SOLVED
This just showed up, painted on the side of a building. At...
PARKING LOT HIEROGLYPHICS
I don’t know how archeologists figure out some hieroglyphics. While many are pretty...
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE
This is not how I would do it. Hell no. No one...
IGNORE
Other people, especially those with strong opinions, seem to think they know what’s...
HIDE THE HAY
It used to be easy, when hay bales were small. You could tuck...
REGRET
It’s inevitable. We will screw up. We’ll do something we later wish...
LADDER PRAYERS
If you’ve ever worked construction or even done a home project on something above...
HEAVY HEAD
On the average our heads are about 11+ pounds. Quite a ball of...
WILD MARSHMALLOWS
It is marshmallow season in PA. They are ripe and ready. There...
ROADSIDE LAUNDRY
Road grime can be insidious, especially if you are a hitchhiker, (especially especially if...
NON LETHAL WEAPONRY
We know we have a problem with weapons. There are too many and...
THEY’LL BE BACK
It’s been a few months since Cicada Nation, since the rise and collapse of...
RIVERSIDE DOMINOES
The tension is palpable. The focus fierce. The stones are arrayed on the...
INVISIBLE BEACH BALL AEROBICS
It is quite a fad down at the Jersey shore. IBBA groups are...
WERTZELS
Wertzels are fairly common in Pennsylvania forests. You can hear them calling at...
NOT JUST FOR FISH
Usually we just think of spearing a worm on a hook and offering it...
CONFLATION
When you are deeply reverent about two things you can merge them. Blend...
PLENTY
America.
The You-Knighted States. It’s us, the U.S., the land of plenty. ...
PLAGUE BEAK
Not sure if this a modern N95 plague beak. Maybe. These masks didn’t...
OUTDOOR WAITING AREA
What do you do when salemen/women come selling? I suppose it depends on...
CARDBOARD COOLER
Now this is nice to see. It took way too long to come...
SLIM JIM SALUTE
It’s a gesture of respect for a civilian. We don’t have to salute....
1918 PPE
It wasn’t the first pandemic, but it was a big one. The precursor...
GROOVY
A little bit of throw back lexicon. Can you dig it? It’s...
MORE THAN A MAILBOX
It’s an entrance. A tight fit for most, even for the residents. ...
SO MANY QUESTIONS
Life can be baffling. The only time it isn’t, is when we aren’t...
OLD FARMERS
We usually think of old farmers in bib overalls wearing John Deer caps. ...
RAIN WALKER
There is an art to being able to walk in the rain and not...
HORNWORM TRICKS
The notorious tomato hornworm is not well regarded amongst gardeners. Many of them...
PAINTED ROCK
There is a rock on the side of the road, deep in the Pinelands....
WHO WAS FIRST
Not “on” first. We know that was Who. Instead who was here...
STILL WORKS
This used to be under a government building in Washington and now it is...
SHOTGUN MAIL
Mail has gotten slow. Too slow for many of us who got used...
SPECIALTY STORE
I shop here often. It is quite popular and I understand why. ...
FAMILY T-SHIRT
They must have had t-shirts made for a family reunion or something. Although...
VISITORS
Strange visitors from another planet who come to earth with powers and abilities far...
WELCOME
People in this area are often surprisingly warm and welcoming, opening their hearts to...
MYSTICAL ART
Black and white film photography is an art. Taken to its highest level,...
INFRASTRUCTURE THIEVERY
It’s well know that we have an infrastructure problem in this country. ...
REPURPOSE
It’s all free, so someone should take it. There’s even a surplus. ...
SOCIAL MEDIA WORSHIP
It’s being formalize. The Church of Zuckerberg is holding regular services, now, where...
STIFF WORKERS
Workin’ can make you stiff. Not workin’ can make you stiff. Exercisin’...
BUFF DEMON
Are demons naturally chiseled or do they work out? Maybe it’s their work...
STOP AND SIT
Be a potato. A spud. An earth fruit. The brain often...
POSTER BOY
Sure he’s pretty, but he’s just two-dimensional. No depth. But he teaches...
REPELICIDE
To think that some animals would even think of encroaching on our turf. ...
WHAT YOU CALL IT
I don’t believe there are groups of misinformed people who are considered anti-immunization. ...
GRAVITY
It makes worlds spin, rotate and collide. It attracts and repels. Everyone...
EYE CANDY
It’s like a micro Times Square. LED mania. Screen palooza. Plenty...
N95 PROTECTION
Block it. Let in the O2 and the N2 but not the bad...
PLANT LEGS
Sticks that walk. A trip-taking-twig hopefully inconspicuous enough to avoid a bug-biting-beak. ...
NON JUDGEMENTAL
This must be a non-judgemental zone. No calling strikes or outs. There...
ROUGH DRY LAUNDRY
Sounds pretty rugged. Maybe even tough. Rough and tough. I like the...
COMMUNITY SERVICER
I thought he was a parking ticket provider, generously leaving love notes for people...
FERAL INSECTS
Even insects can go rogue, abandoning their societal-assigned roles and busting out. Seeking...
RIGHT KEEP TRAFFIC SLOWER
Left keep people rushing. Gating on tail, no. Sign by is explained everything.
…
FIVE
It’s a sign. A message from the universe. What is it telling...
MARKOUT TO HELL
If you are going to do an excavation you need to call for a...
GORILLA MEMORIAL
It’s Mighty Joe, the gorilla. He used to be called George when he was...
DON’T TIP COWS
They don’t need the money.
I’ve never tipped a cow or...
ORGANIC INSECT CONTROL
Maybe organic isn’t the right word. Maybe physical control or insect smashing...
ANIMATED CONVERSATION
I don’t see a cell phone, an earbud or a second person across the...
BODY FUNCTION FEEDBACK
It’s nice to know that people care about how we are feeling. ...
3D WORLD
What happens when you put on 3D glasses in a 3D world? Is...
LAWN PARADE
A plastic procession. A cabal of color. A throng of things...
WHO HATES FISHING?
I don’t hate fishing. I just don’t think I like it. It...
HEDGE DWELLER
He is hyper-cautious and rarely ventures out in the day. It’s just not...
MESSAGES
I’m definitely getting some messages, here. I’m pretty sure it is intentional, on...
HAPPY HAPPY
A happy face set in stone must be a good sign. Combined with...
PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINES
They may not be “perpetual” perpetual motion machines but they seem that way. ...
NOT JUST DUMB BUGS
I always though cicadas were just big, goofy insects. They don’t seem too...
CLIFF DIVING
It must take nerves of steel and an unbending will to dive off of...
LAWN JOCKEYING
Is there a little statue of a man (or a statue of a little...
GRAFFITI MECCA
The NJ Pinelands are interesting. Except for rapidly encroaching development along the edges...
NOT RECOMMENDED
This is water hemlock. A close relative to poison hemlock. It’s...
15 STATES
Celebrating the period in our history when the United States had 15 states. ...
CHIPPING
The process of making chips. Knocking away pieces. As opposed to grinding,...
OBEY
It’s a funny word if you keep saying it. All words are funny...
PARKING LOT TAI CHI
Moving slowly, deliberately on the pavement. What’s the point. It looks pretty boring....
RAT MEN
And proud of it.
I wonder if they rent the rat or own it. ...
THANK YOU JESUS
At first glance I thought he must be a good customer. He gets...
TURTLES
There should be more caution signs about turtles.
I’ve never had one jump...
ROAD SONG
This road has inspired a thousand songs of lament and sadness. It is tucked...
GOOD HUMOR
Talk about a consistent brand. The Good Humor look created almost 100 years...
GORGE CHALLENGE
Eat 109 pounds of meat in one hour and win $2000. You can...
SPAGHETTI SPECIALIST
Where do all these wires go? It’s a tangle of colored wires...
GENEROSITY
People are generally pretty generous and giving. If we have plenty of what...
WHOSE TURF?
It’s not a fair race. Not even close. One could never...
KITTY KARE
We live in a world of service. Many people recognizing needs and fulfilling...
THE RIGHT TO BEAR MEGA BLASTERS
Are they covered by the 2nd amendment? Should they be regulated? What...
GROWTH INDUSTRY
Americans excel at some things. Leading the world and being so far out in...
IMAGINARY COMPANION
“Table for two, please. Just one menu, we’ll share.”
…
REMOTE WORK
Offices can be highly efficient. Heated, cooled, networked, centralized, hierarchical, governed and moderated.
Most...
TURTLE NECK
It’s so obvious. I wear one often. Why did I never make...
SO MUCH HARDWARE
A pile of picture machines. Aluminum, brass and glass with maybe an old mercury...
PLANT LEGS
Who says plants can’t move around. There are sticks that can walk and...
PRECISION SIGNAGE
I pass this sign every day and thought maybe for a joke, someone painted...
SUE, THE PINK FIRE TRUCK
It came zooming up behind me on the interstate. I changed lanes to...
PERFECT VISION
Seeing is believing. So I believe what I see. Looks right to...
SHREDDING PARTY
Some people just saw down a tree. Zip, zip crash. Others take...
NIKONIANS
One day I was gazing out my studio window overlooking the great metropolis of...
GLOW WORM
Now wait just a minute. I feel like I’ve been misinformed. I...
XIE JAIO
Do you read the Bible? A lot of people do. Jehovah’s Witnesses...
CARBON FREE COMMUTING
We can’t really be carbon free. We’re mostly made out of carbon....
DOG CART
I often see people with their dogs at the local big box hardware store....
THE UNICYCLE GUY
Based on my extensive research it appears that every college campus has a unicycle...
BEYOND SUSHI
It took Americans a while to get used to the idea of eating raw...
FREDDY
Riding is so much more fun when you have a partner. Someone with...
FREE WHEEL
You never know who might need a spare motorcycle wheel complete with tire, disk...
MAIL BURNER
It’s a Franklin Mail Burner. Benjamin Franklin invented it. It makes for...
A/B PHONES
He made this himself.
I don’t what it is, but it looks important. ...
PARASITE OR PREDATOR
It stalks us from the canopy. Dropping down and latching onto our backs...
SIDE EFFECTS
We aren’t always warned about possible side effects. Or maybe we are, but...
CARNIVOROUS FENCE
The world can be a dangerous place. You wouldn’t think that getting close...
WEREDOG
Werewolves are known to be pretty ferocious beasts, except for Michael J.Fox when...
BEWARE OF OWNER
No trespass. Stay the hell away. No steppa you on my property....
THIN MINT HUSTLE
How would you like to have a potential sales force of 2.5 million people?...
URBAN MONK
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to retreat to the mountains...
BULLET BIKE
Faster than a speeding locomotive? Maybe. (Trains don’t go very fast...
NOT FOR NARROW ROADS
I’m told this is fairly common in Texas. Four tires with extended hubcaps...
BREATHING COLUMCILLE
People travel great distances to visit the standing stones of Columcille. To...
30,000 PARTS
I’ve heard written that a car has about 30,000 parts including bolts and screws....
OAK APPLE
It’s an oak apple, but I thought oaks have acorns. They are called...
HOT DOG HAT
Wiener beaner. Frank-cap. It’s a fashion statement. A grocery store style.
…
GABLE GABLE
There’s more than one kind of house painter. You can paint a house,...
FIXING GROUNDWATER
We’ve totally hosed our groundwater. It’s full of lovely toxic chemicals, especially around...
RECEPTION
It needs an antennae. Maybe one of those trees would work. Then...
SUGAR MOUNTAIN
Got a sweet tooth? You are in luck. A local grocery store...
PUMP PRICES
Gasoline is volatile and so is the price. Every day thousands of gas...
CATCHING RAYS
Some individuals travel great distances to enjoy a little sunshine. And we all...
YOU BUGGIN ME
I like being attracted by roadside attractions. I stop and turn around a...
A FAMILIAR FACE?
I feel like I’ ve seen this guy before. I don’t know where....
MAY DAY
Just throw your head back and let go.…
MASKING UP AND QUEUING
Masking started slowly. Very early in the pandemic I saw someone in the...
PAY PHONE
I didn’t try it but it says it works.
I remember the last time...
STREET FLUTE
Musicians love good acoustics. Paul Winter is famous for playing his sax in...
Q TIP
You can’t do this in a grocery store.
Carts there are reserved for...
TOTS IN TOW
They are a little like cats. You can’t herd them.
When you...
BETTER COFFEE
I have a collection of small, instant coffee jars filled with obsolete nuts and...
BUGLEWEED
I love this color of blue. It’s a treat to see patches of...
MIGHTY ACORNS
An acorn is an oak tree waiting to grow.
Oak trees can be...
EARTH DAY
I like Earth Day. I remember when it started and think it is...
ELECTRIC KOOL AID
What flavor? Grape has a pretty bad rap. (We don’t want to...
PATS DOGS
Pat has a thriving business washing windows throughout Frenchtown and other locations. He...
FOG FISHING
I don’t know if fish bite better in the fog, but who cares....
STRANGE POSTER
Most posters in found hanging waiting rooms are painfully generic. A lot of...
BURN IN HELL
This could be good or bad. When you are cold you want...
PIDGEON CARNAGE
I came across a field of nothing but fragments. Pieces left behind following...
ARCHIE
Archie is locally famous. If you ever walked the aisles of ShopRite in...
MORNING RITUAL
A few cups of delicious coffee at the counter of a classic diner. ...
SHREDDING IT
Some men chop down trees, swinging a sharp ax again and again, chipping away...
GOOGLE STREET VIEW
Google doesn’t let us know when the Google Street car will be cruising our...
RULE 98
Rule 98 begins here. It’s a railroad thing.
There are lots of...
ROAD WARRIOR
It was curious to see a bike rider walking his rig down the road,...
LOST SUB
How did a submarine end up sunk in the mud along the banks of...
TINY DINER
Tiny can be famous. The White Manna diner in Hackensack (built in 1946)...
A JOGGING TRAIL?
Warning signs about children playing or deer are a lot more common than a...
BIG BALLS
You see it all the time. Big iron balls piled next to a...
BALL
“All I need is my ball.”
There is nothing so soothing as chewing on a...
EASTER LEG
Easter is observed around the world. It coincides with spring (at least in...
ACCIDENTAL MUTANT
This is what happens when a bunny enters unseen into your molecular transporter. ...
PARA MILITARY GOD GUY
He’s an OCR Street Minister preaching next to the highway in Flemington.
That’s a bullet...
BOYDEN
How often do we drive by junk shops (often called antique stores), sometimes for...
MARTY THE ROBOT
It’s a little strange to share the grocery aisles with a rolling, six...
SLATINGTON THIEVES
Not much was happening one cloudy, late November Day in Slatington. It was...
MUCKRAKER
As the man leaned over to grab another rakeful of mud, leaves and litter...
TOLL COLLECTORS
EZ PASS was founded about 34 years ago so...
LEVEL C PPE
About a year ago the acronym PPE didn’t have much meaning for most people....
GOOD EEEVENING
Shadows offered up a little throwback to TV of the 1950s and 60s when...
STOP AND WAVE
Sometimes a crossing guard is more than someone guarding a crossing, keeping kids from...
MY JOB
I’ve noticed that trash collectors are leery of people who emerge from the darkness...
ONE MAN DUET
Some people walk around with earphones piping music into their brain. It’s...
BLACK SKY
Black skies are not very common. Except at night. (They are...
LACKA TRACTION
You’d think a steam roller could go anywhere. Maybe slowly, but indefatigably,...
WHITE SPOT
An abandoned self-car wash, a big puddle and a bright white fence on a...
BEERS WAY
An interesting intersection in Wind Gap. If you take Male Road you can...
BULB BABY
It’s a fragile outfit for a baby. One stumble or bump could...
LADDER DANCING
Painting a stairway isn’t easy. It’s awkward. How do you use a...
LET ‘EM RIP
Some of the more interesting items being stocked at the Sunbeam General Store.
There...
SIGNS
Some savvy street marketing with strategic wording to get you thinking.
It is...
ROADS ARE FOR WALKING
There is something satisfying about walking in the middle of the road. You...
POISON AISLE
You can tell where you are, even if your eyes are closed. It’s...
WET
It’s a sign behind a sign. Somebody is telling someone something.
I wondered if...
PHOTOS ON THE FLY
Drones aren’t a novelty anymore. Nearly 900,000 drones are registered with the FFA,...
CHALKING
It’s become a traditional way to celebrate various events, movements and causes in Frenchtown....
ART OF CAMDEN
Camden NJ has a reputation. It isn’t too good. Like most cities...
MATCHING DOG
Or is it matching sneakers?
Nice coordination, either way. Some people have...
HEAD SCHOOL
Where do you go to get a head?
School. That’s where the...
HAPPY BUILDING
There’s a face there. A happy face. It reminds me...
LOW RIDER
This is the most comfortable bike I’ve seen. Totally laid back. Maybe you...
LAWN DECOR
What do you put out front of your house to display to neighbors and...
WHEN YOUR BED ISN’T MADE
If you put too many toys (or other stuff) in your bed there is...
APPARITION
As I rounded a corner one night, I spied a white figure emerging from...
SMASHED CAR
Did you ever return to your parked car to find a scratch or a...
PARKING LOT TAI CHI
No, it’s not a zombie wandering about in the daylight. It’s withdraw and...
TAX RETURN
I thought this was curious. A topsy-turvy, pumpkin-headed dummy.
I thought maybe it was...
TOM HIKES
Tom retired from his engineering work and decided to tackle the Appalachian trail. ...
SKELETAL CREW
For several days, I arrived at the studio and saw a police car parked...
SECRET SERVICE EYES
Did you ever feel like someone was looking into your head and determining what...
TOTALLY THOROUGH
Maybe clearing a sidewalk isn’t a test of character but then again, maybe it...
BLOW IT AWAY
Plow it, push it, heave it, and blow away. One thing about snow...
MASTER CARVER
It is amazing what some people can do with a chainsaw and a chisel....
CART WRANGLER
Here is a salute to parking lot cowboys, who chase down the strays and...
ASH MAN
The street sweeper/ash collector caused a bit of a stir one day when it...
FEBRUARY LIGHT
February can be mild or cold year to year but the sun is always...
FRENCHTOWN BAGPIPER
How many NJ towns have their own bagpiper?
I don’t know. Maybe...
FOGGY RIDERS
It was a foggy, late fall morning. The sun creating beams of light...
ROAD BOARDING
For some reason (maybe because it is just too much fun) people with unlicensed...
COOL AND WARM
Cool blue and warm amber. The magic moment comes each morning and evening...
PASTOR PETER
Digging out the church after a delivery of winter weather, Pastor Peter keeps the...
CITY STREETS
This photo should be in black and white making it a bit timeless. ...
TURNED OUT FOR SNOW
EJ like to wear his fireman’s turnout gear whenever it snows and make...
TOSS AND SPRINKLE
If you have a sidewalk it’s a ritual. The white stuff falls from...
PATH TO WATER
The county workers may not always like the tasks they are given but they...
NIGHT CREW
I’m always up for a good night shot when it’s snowing and was out...
GARAGE SALE
This place has been for sale for quite a while. Looks like a...
WAYNE’S WONDERLAND
Every year around December I drive by a Christmas wonderland in our upper Bucks,...
MAPLE LEAVES
I liked Pete’s mask. Pete owns the National Hotel in Frenchtown and I...
CHUNKY
I’m always up for a dog photo. It seems this is the decade...
MONA LISA SMILE
Ben and Hanna run the Sunbeam General stores in Frenchtown and New Hope. ...
BIRFURCATED
One building, two owners, two homes. I feel like this was...
CHAINED
Gargoyles usually live on rooftops, crouching above us, surveying the world. But sometimes...
COLD COFFEE
The coffee’s not cold. It’s nice and hot. The only thing hot...
MASON’S HELPER
Alex is a mason’s helper. He and his team are building the ArtYard...
GORILLA MARKETING
I was rolling down 611 in Nockamixon, PA, one autumn day and there besides...
R2NCHROMACRON
The synthetic molecule R2NCHROMACRON was originally formulated to prevent excessive back hair. It...
THE PORCH PORTRAIT PROJECT
It started with a Facebook message. A friend sent me a post about...
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BUSINESS-Five Questions
Photography is a powerful medium. Good images influence the way people think...
TELLING HER STORY
Debbie Schaeffer, owner of Mrs G Appliances in Lawrenceville knows how to tell her...
BUSINESS PHOTOGRAPHY IS MARKETING
MICRO MEMOIR
ATTITUDE ADVANTAGE
Woodstock Trading Company, a small hippy store, has been in business in Cherry Hill...
AUTHENTIC VOICES
Hearing people.
…
B-ROLL
B-roll is the term used for video and film footage that isn’t part of...
BEING SEEN
Being seen means being noticed, even if it is just for a moment. ...
CHEFS
PHOTOSPHERES
What is a photosphere?
A photosphere is a spherical photo. It is like a globe...
SOUND ENGINEER
What does a sound engineer look like? This is Chuma Nwokike whose...
RESISTANCE
No, it’s not the Borg ship from Star Trek warning us that resistance is...
TANK RENTALS
Need a tank? Just call.…
Telling Your Story
Consumer confidence continues to grow, which is great for everyone. When consumers (which is...
HEADSHOT v PORTRAIT
If you are in business, whether your own business or part of a larger...
SEPTEMBER NEW YEAR
For many of us September seems to be the real start of the new...
Summer on the Delaware
Every year I invite photographers to be part of the Summer on the Delaware...
ZERO SUM
Does it have to be zero sum? When you are part of a zero...
Hunterdon County Agricultural & 4-H Fair 2018
The 4H used to be part of the larger Flemington Fair which was the...
Crown Tip Coral Fungi
This is mushroom season and it is a good year for you if like...
Disasters
The owner of Galassos Pizza, Joe Galasso, watches as firefighters dowse the smokey remains...
AUGUST HEAT
Here is a question many of us face on a regular basis, would you...
FREELANCING
Freelancers don’t work for anyone. Freelancers works for anyone.
A gig is a...
SELFIE 1982
OK, yeah, so it was 1982 in the photo office of the Fort Pierce...
MAKING PHOTOSPHERES WORK ON FACEBOOK
Do you stitch together 180 degree images to create photospheres? (Doesn’t everyone?)
Here is how...
ADD PHOTOS TO INSTAGRAM FROM A DESKTOP OR LAP TOP COMPUTER
If you are like me, cell phone photos just don’t cut it. Sure, cell...
ADVERTISE ON GOOGLE FOR FREE
Just by it’s nature, showing up on Google is good advertising. This is especially...
ATTENTION CAPITAL
There are all kinds of capital; financial capital, political capital, social capital, state capitals,...
USEFUL & INTERESTING SITES
Every month my Meetup Group, Frenchtown Photography Meetup, gets together in the studio...
VIDEOS FOR WEBSITES
Videos for websites and social media that are well-made and engaging are excellent marketing...
BEING FOUND
Being found on-line by potential clients and customers is the ultimate goal of digital...
ATTENTION=ENERGY
There is equivalency between attention and energy and between energy and growth. When...
THE DREADED TIMESHEET
Does anyone like filling out time sheets and the struggle to keep jobs within...
IS IT ME OR IS IT YOU?
Which perspective is better. yours or mine?
When I produce content about my business, should...
MINDFUL
You do not need to teach kids to be mindful, to know life as...
TOO MUCH INFORMATION
There are two sides to a story, an explanation or a sales pitch, you...
COMMUNITY
It can be easy to think the whole world is going down hill if...
Morphing Headshots
One of my clients came up with an interesting idea. Instead of a...
Seth Godin
If you’re interested in marketing and general helpful information about thriving as a professional...
HUNTERDON PLACES PHOTO PROJECT DATA
The Hunterdon Places Photo Project shoot, April 21 and 22nd, has resulted in a...
COMPRESSING A PHOTO IN PHOTOSHOP
Compressing a file will reduce the file size while keeping the dimensions and resolution...
ADDING LAT/LONG COORDINATES TO YOUR PHOTOS IN LIGHTROOM
This post provides a simple 5-step method for adding coordinates to your photos using...
ADDING PHOTOS TO GOOGLE MAP
If you have a Google account you can create your own custom maps and...
DOES IT RESONATE?
They may hear what you are saying, but are they listening? Is it just...
PRINT IS NOT DEAD
Bridget Wingert had a vision to create a local paper in the early 2000’s...
HUNTERDON PLACES
Hunterdon Places is a photo project open to all photographers: kids and adults, amateurs...
ARE YOU THRIVING?
I figure we are all thriving in one way or another. It’s mostly a...
EXPECTATION, A TED TALK
I’m a TED fan (sometimes a TED junky). It’s fun listening to smart speakers...
FUN
When it’s satisfying, it feels good. If it feels good, it’s fun.
Even when it’s...
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
Or at least we hope they are. Being visible is good, being noticed is...
GOOD HANDS
I photograph fairly often for Hunterdon County at its special events and I especially...
RESOLVE
I don’t wait for new years to make resolutions. I make ’em everyday,...
ABOUT VIDEOS
“About Videos” on a your website, if done well, can be a great way...
WHO OWNS YOUR ATTENTION?
What are you looking at? What’s got your attention?
We are often told to “pay”...
HAPPINESS OR SATISFACTION?
What are you trying to get out of your career? Are you looking for...
SHARING SPACE & CUSTOMERS
It was a good weekend in Frenchtown. Six businesses: a computer service business, three...
LEVERAGING GOOGLE MAP AND GOOGLE EARTH
Locations matter when having events. People need to know where you are.
Brokaw Photography Studio...
THE 65-10 RULE
Chances are you looked at Frank’s bright blue eyes before you read any text...
BRAIN WALKING
Have you taken your brain for a walk today?
If you’ve ever had dogs you...
VISION
I admire people with vision. Over just a few days last week, Patricia...
HUNTERDON CHAMBER AWARDS 2107
The Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce celebrated business leaders in the county at its...
STUDY YOUR COMPETITION
“Steve” and I are part of a large photography exhibit that opened this weekend...
GAMING FOR ENTREPRENEURS
The Board of Directors for the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce Foundation gathered at...
NOT AMUSED?
Have you ever had one of those days when you pitch idea after idea...
BOYS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN
Life accelerates as we grow. The Hunterdon Harmonizers, who are launching yet another production...
29th Hunterdon County Business & Home Expo & Restaurant Showcase
Food, food, food, from soup to pie
Archie Fagan, here with Sue Lang Saponara from...
TYPEWRITER MAN
Robert DeBarth has been repairing and rebuilding typewriters for over 70 years. Now you...
DOES YOUR WORK MAKE YOU HAPPY?
Sometimes. Yes?
They say “work is work” and it is, of course, but if it...
DO YOU JOURNAL?
I photographed artist, Todd Stone as part of a photo project about the Artists...
LEVERAGING GOOGLE EARTH
Marketing is all about engaging the viewer. The vast majority of what we encounter...
FRENCHTOWN SCARECROWS 2017
Each year creatively created scarecrows suddenly appear in Frenchtown.
Every night they wander...
TREES WATER STONE
Trees Water Stone is a collaborative art event celebrating Solstice in Frenchtown. The intent...
FOOD TRUCK FUN
Like many companies, Promius Pharma annually convenes its people from around the country to...
INDUSTRIAL GRAPHICS
I don’t often think of the visual graphic appeal of sewage treatment plants.
Actually, I...
GEOTAGGING ONLINE
Geotagging is fairly easy and is required in order to embed a photo on...
DIGITAL BASICS WORKSHOP-OCT 21st 9-12:00
“Digital Basics” Oct 21st 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ($69)
This workshop is for...
IS EVERYONE PULLING?
It’s often harder than it looks to coordinate teams, even when everyone is doing...
PROCESSING AND GEOTAGGING FOR FRENCHTOWN 150 IN LIGHTROOM
These are the steps for processing your photos in Lightroom. See “GEOTAGGING ONLINE”...
FRENCHTOWN 150 MAPS AND LOCATION LIST
Frenchtown 150 is underway. This collaborative photo project is a comprehensive visual and on-line spatial...
WE’RE ALL SPATIAL
Everybody is somewhere. (Whether we know where we are is another question.) For many...
NJ GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE
It was an interesting evening at the NJPAC with 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial candidates,...
UNDERSTANDING
Dr. Dan Cohen, “Dental Care 4 Kids” understands his patients. They are...
APPRECIATION
Road Spaghetti!
Traveling to a North Jersey assignment in morning rush hour, with accidents all...
KNOWING YOU DON’T KNOW
I had a great session with a psychotherapist, recently. A photo session, that is.
Josh...
FALL FAMILY PHOTOS
Fall is definitely prime time for getting outdoor family photos. The air is crisp,...
SELLING THE EXPERIENCE
Are you selling features or an experience?
I think we all know that our clients...
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Habitat for Humanity of Raritan Valley held a wonderful fundraising gala at Basking Ridge...
STEP AND REPEAT
When Habitat for Humanity asked me to shoot its fundraising gala I was happy...
SUNRISE-SUNSET
I wanted to share this great website, called the Photographers Ephemeris. It easily shows...
LEADERSHIP HUNTERDON 2018
Every year I enjoy photographing the newest class of the Leadership Hunterdon program. Leadership...
Waxing Croissant
Who doesn’t love the crescent moon?…
Equinox 2017
Happy Equinox.
About equal day and night today as we continue to spiral and dance...
Topped Off in Newark
Newark, NJ continues to grow and expand with the help of Dranoff Properties (
Is it a gourd or a feeling?
What’s for sale here?
On the surface, it’s a funky looking squash. Taken just a...
Are you taking advantage of Google Earth?
Google Earth is a powerful program. It provides a 3 dimensional view of the...
Sage Wisdom
Recognize wisdom when you hear it.
During the past couple months, I did video interviews...
Business Hall of Fame Inauguration
The inaugural event for the Hunterdon County Business Hall of Fame will be...
Seeing monkeys do …
Monkey see, monkey do? Maybe not such bad advice, depending on what the monkeys...
Ready for Monday?
Harry starts every week with total focus. Of course, he has his krypton glasses...
Steps to Candid Photography
When you think about it, there are a lot of steps to just about...
Envision-Plan-Implement
Frenchtown enjoyed two simultaneous events Labor Day Weekend that perfectly exemplified the envision-plan-implement process.
A...
Trooper Tuber
Often it’s the simplest images that can be the most memorable and most fun....
Foreground
Revival Construction, a family run construction company based in Flemington, creates beautiful, new, yet...
Collaboration
When we collaborate, we grow.
Naturally, there is collaboration between our businesses and our clients,...
Underestimating and Under Appreciating
As part of a video for the Hunterdon County of Chamber Foundation I had...
Taking Aim
In the beginning when we first begin learning to shoot straight, there were those...
“OMG” – Three little letters that mean a lot.
“OMG. So happy thanks so much.”
When you finish a job and read these words,...
Ready for the Eclipse?
Here comes the moon. Standing in front of the sun and casting us into...
Shared Vision
I talk to a lot of business people and I know how much everyone...
Innovating
You never know what you will see when on assignment. At first I thought...
Value Your Team
A company is a team of people working together. The question is, “What are...
It’s Friday
It’s Friday. It’s August. It’s still summer.
The boss is on vacation…. Have another mug...
The Long Tail (revisited)
Stuff we do today will reverberate in our future.
Back in 2004 Chris Anderson coined...
Is Your Business LIke a Mushroom?
Mushrooms are funny organisms. Most of the time they are invisible to us growing...
Dating Site Photos
Sometimes, I get to do personal photos for people to use for their dating...
Window Light for Headshots
I love light. Soft light, natural light, bright light, dim light, light bulb light,...
Cool Group Shots
Shooting groups is an art in itself. Imagine corralling 5, 10, 20 or more...
I Love Mondays
Mondays are always invigorating, especially after a great weekend. But I confess, I don’t...
Commercial Real Estate
Large open interior areas can be tricky to photograph. In fact, any interior area...
Watch what you say!
Headshots can be fun. All it takes is some imagination and a willingness to...
Interesting Headshots
Headshots are, of course, a staple of business. People expect to see a current...
Expectation
There are many times when we have a full plate in front of us...
Wild Mushrooms
April showers bring May flowers and July showers bring “chanterelles” a delectable, edible wild...
Size Limit
What is the size limit for Delaware dogfish?…
Street Photography
Sometimes you just have to take the plunge and get your feet wet (up...
Summer Swelter, Embrace It!
It’s the peak of summer and time for many to hibernate inside in the...
Shokunin
A few years ago I was lucky to discover the documentary, “Jiro Dreams...
Exploring the Waters
The Delaware River is not exactly known for its coral reefs and sunken treasure...
Street Photography
Local events like festivals, parades, fairs etc. are especially great for practicing street photography....
The lesson of the white chicory
Creating macro botanical images for scientific stock is one of my specialites. I have...
There is No Fun Like Work
If you’ve followed your gut when choosing your career path then the joy really...
Power Portraits
Executive portraits can be more than a nice PR photo showing great dental work....
Getting your business viewed
One of my business segments is being a certified Google Trusted photographer, trained and...
Photo Ops For Business
There are photo opportunities all around us, every day, unlimited ways we can market...
Lifestyle photography
We all love candids, good candids of our friends and family having fun, being...
Street Photography
Street photography is very popular, pretty much always has been since folks like Henri...
Photo Exhibit
Photography is about vision. The stronger the vision, the better the photo.
Coming up for Air
A refreshing swim is, well, refreshing. A vigorous swim is invigorating. Diving...
Joy of Photography
The world population is now at about 7.5 billion and I’m guessing about 7.4...