A moment enjoying a rural Iowa farm pond near the Neil Smith Wildlife Refuge in Prairie City, Iowa.

Who is this guy Ron Paul, and why is mainstream media ignoring him?

A beautiful piece of chainmaille by Dwight...the model isn't bad either!

Rumor was telescopes would be set up on top of the parking garage, one two guys with a telescope showed up, so we broke out the drum and showed one of them how to shimmy!

Drumming for Nasira at the 18th Annual DEMICON science fiction convention in Des Moines.

The Iowa Renaissance Faire in Amana, Iowa. The day was a bit wet, but we had fun anyway!

Drum jamming at Greenwood Park in Des Moines.

This object is the most reported UFO in history.

Reading William Hartung's commentary on nuclear hypocristy. The article can be found here: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/03/937/

My best video of Saturn to date. The sky was a little hazy which offered better contrast. I was lucky to catch Saturn's largest moon Titan too!

Two more thoughts to ponder on the question of Iraq and Iran.

vlog on the topic of Iraq

I attached my video camera to a cat III night vision eyepiece and this was the result. Perhaps unimpressive to the layperson, but to an avid amateur astronomer, the results were impressive for a first attempt! I plan to do more.

Video taken on April 23rd through my 8-inch reflector. The shadows were amazing!

Ashera plays on a drum :-)

I received an email from a YouTube user and it got me to thinking about what are we worth as human beings. I know what my answer is, but I would love to hear your responses.

Finding my way again to say something about many things.

Saturn, the ringed planet, as viewed through an 8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on 041407.

I was tagged for a song....so here it is.

After a brief family ceremony, my brother and I bury my mother at Gosport Cemetery in Marion County, Iowa. Lucille "Lucy" Butcher died on January 26, 2007. She was cremated and her ashes were laid to rest on April 7th.