Gaffers tape. Ever heard of it? It’s usually black, but it comes in a variety of colors. It’s used on movie sets, theater stages and at concerts. Chris Martin of Coldplay sometimes gets caught wearing colored gaffers tape on his…

For years I’ve loved entering the World Press Photo contest for the simple fact that it’s free and you get a free book containing all of the winning photographs just for submitting your entries.  However, the one thing that always kind…

See the little second story window between these two men? I’m going to enlarge that area so that you can see what I saw. Maybe you will see an image in the window. Maybe you won’t.

I am generally not a…

“I feel like we’re in Seattle,” said Ed Morton as he tried to keep dry while selling pumpkins at the Lafayette Area Optimist Club’s pumpkin patch on Manchester Road.   Because of so much rain, the wettest October on record, Morton…

I have lived in St. Louis since 2003, but until Post-Dispatch co-worker Christian Gooden mentioned Lone Elk County Park as a possible place to look for fall colors, I had actually never been there. I was so thrilled to find…

Drying out his home after Hurricane Katrina, Nick Louque takes a cigarette break.

We buried my father-in-law last week on a typical rainy New Orleans afternoon.  Nick Louque (pronounced ‘luke’) was only 68.

I brought a camera along on the journey as…

Dancing Rabbit is an ecovillage that has about 50 people located in rural northeastern Missouri. Their goal is to live ecologically sustainable and socially rewarding lives.

My editor called me and asked if I wanted to go. “I think this will…

I spent this past Thursday night running around the backstage area, the catwalk, the dressing rooms, the lobby, and anywhere else I could gain access to for Saint Louis Fashion Week’s runway show at Lumiere Place.  My goal was to…

I walked the Columbus Day Parade located in “The Hill” Neighborhood on Sunday. As I worked I noticed Joel Moss, 7, of Lemay tossing candy from the back of an antique police car. People in parades are generally all smiles…

Last week on my way to work I had the radio tuned to the Phillips and Company morning show on Y98. I was suprised to hear a familiar voice on the radio. It was the Post’s public relations manager Tracy Rouch…