A Roadrunner for Joanne

Backyard Roadrunner © 2012 Bo Mackison

 ”Now then, I can easily understand why it should puzzle you that a person of my intelligence, I.Q. 207 super genius, should devote his valuable time chasing this ridiculous road runner, this bird that appears to be so skinny, scrawny, stringy, unappetizing, anemic, ugly and misbegotten. Ah, but [...]

Let the Sun Shine In

Let the Sun Shine In © 2012 Bo Mackison

Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sun shine in…

~ lyrics from the 5th Dimension’s song [...]

A Crack in Everything

There is a Crack © 2012 Bo Mackison

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in.

~  Anthem by Leonard Cohen

The link is to the song on YouTube. Interesting, thought-provoking [...]

Autumn Reflections

“Beauty is a primeval phenomenon, which itself never makes its appearance, but the reflection of which is visible in a thousand different utterances of the creative mind, and is as various as nature herself.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

On a calm, misty morning, these autumn colors were reflected in Indian Lake. Photographed at Indian [...]

The Non-Conformist

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity. ~Christopher Morley

Photo taken at Devil’s Lake State Park near [...]

Keeping in the Cows

If you strive for the moon, maybe you’ll get over the fence. James Wood The only fences found in Door County, WI are either rows of piled stones from field clearing or these wooden criss-crosses from forest clearing. Probably only effective for cows since at least they can’t jump (except over moons.)

Photographed in [...]