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I had this idea for a stand for my razor but I couldn't find anything I liked. So I asked my soon to be sister-in-law @kaitlyngilham if I could commission her to make something, because she's a skilled artist and does great ceramics. As you can see she's come up with something functional and beautiful. It brings a little extra joy to each day, as good art should. Thanks Katie! A feature I like is that it has a reservoir at the bottom. I like to keep my blade immersed in mineral oil to extend the life since I'm an every other day shaver. This works great. I'm sure if you wanted one Katie may have room to take your order. 😁👍
Dreaming of spring... #flowers #Spring #color
For more photos by me, follow me here: #Repost @civilytics (@get_repost) ・・・ I've been reading Grant by Ron Chernow for a month or so now (it's long) and I have to say he is one of the most fascinating presidents to ever live and our public history of him does not do justice to the importance he played. Decisions he made still affect our lives today. It is hard to understate how famous Grant was after the Civil War and it is hard to find a comparably famous person in US history outside of George Washington. Grant went from being a clerk in a general store in Galena Illinois to the highest ranking military officer in the nation's history in a span of 4 years and on to the presidency in 7. ⠀ ⠀ This photo is from his tomb in NYC. I visited before I got the book and started reading about this complex and fascinating person - but now I'm glad I visited.
Went to an exhibit where glass artists created sculptures based on kid's drawing and descriptions. When I need a laugh, "Toothy Turkey" here works pretty well. What a cool collaboration and project.
A bowl, inscribed before the United States even existed. What did it mean then? What does it mean now?
Spotted in #nyc - I did a double take thinking I had stumbled onto some kind of movie set. But I by all appearances this was a real store. Too funny.
On this cold winter day, a #latergram of a hot summer night getting ice cream in Denver. It was very very good.
The textures of fall, a throwback black and white to the fall last year @panamarockspark
Some awesomene street art among the bricks and cobblestone streets in Portsmouth New Hampshire this summer. It was a a great year for seeing street art - hoping 2019 can keep up!
Fondly remembering this beautiful fall scene on a farm tour @millerlivestock on this chilly January morning.
Watch the big boats come rolling in... The ships coming down the river was something spectacular to see in Savannah.
Sunset on Christmas day, 2018 from Tybee Island in Georgia. Caught the sun setting on the southern tip of the island, which enjoyably made it feel like a sunset on the west coast with sun setting over the sea. A great way to bookend our Christmas holiday.
Sunrise on Christmas this year. It was my first time seeing so much sea foam. It was worth getting up early to catch the sunrise and get some beautiful pictures of the beach - a little gift to myself.
The indigenous people's of the Chilean empire managed their empire with a massive bureaucracy built on quipu - a textile and fiber based counting system as intricate as any Excel spreadsheet. This allowed them to track and manage productivity of workers over thousands of miles. This system was so effective the Spanish conquistadors outlawed it and destroyed much of the original records - a tragic loss to our collective human culture that some artists and archeologists are trying to remedy. #mfa #mfaboston
 

For complete galleries of some of my favorite photos from my travels - check out the individual gallery pages below.

  • Ketchum, ID (Sun Valley)

  • Newport, RI

  • Dallas, TX

  • Singapore

  • Baltimore, MD

  • Boston, MA

  • San Diego, California

  • Montana and Wyoming - Fall

  • European Adventures - Summer