Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes

PAYING ATTENTION      As the western sky in California offered a dramatic scene, the American political drama of the State of Union address...

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS Photo courtesy of Mike Griffin      Long time buddy, Mike Griffin was on hand and with his camera and cap...

THANKS JACK New York Times archive photo      My first memory of Jack LaLanne was seeing this high energy guy, wearing short sleeves and tig...

EASY SHOOTING            A long time friend wrote recently to say I've become a photographer.  I've always been fascinated by the w...

     Smart new funny on IFC.  PORTLANDIA reminds me of HBO's FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDS. Hip and iconoclastic.  Here's a sample:

FLUFFING THE MIND     Years ago I read a piece by Hugh Downs, the broadcaster who always struck me as being an upbeat, but classy profession...

CAPTURED MOMENTS      Do photographs tweak your sense of time?  Do they trigger something behind your optic nerve that opens a portal of sor...