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The 1913 Lincoln Highway in Elkhart County, Indiana, part 1: Goshen

An old building in downtown South Bend restores its original face

single frame: At the Cadillac Palace

Film photos of the Triple Whipple bridge

Film info sheet: Kodak Tri-X

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The Vistula Road, a historic road from South Bend to Toledo, and its path in Indiana

The 1898 Indiana Avenue bridge in Goshen

Life update

single frame: Yellow trees in Westville Cemetery

Old cars parked: November 2025

Why does my Nikon Df’s metering switch sometimes not stay in the mode I select?

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Revisiting the George Street Bridge on Old US 50 in Aurora, Indiana

Our first Thanksgiving in the empty nest

single frame: Carrollton Avenue in the Bottleworks District

The color of Kodak Plus-X

Nikon F2

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The 1878 bridge over Loughery Creek in Ohio and Dearborn Counties in Indiana is the last one of its design in the world

My dad’s 1966 Ford Galaxie 500

single frame: Inside the Church of the Immaculate Conception

Buying vintage film cameras on eBay without getting burned

Random places captured with the Yashica-12

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Terre Haute, the Bloomington Road, and State Road 46

The site of my first job

single frame: The Rusty Bucket

My book of stories and essays, A Place to Start, turns 5

Back from CLA: my Pentax ME SE

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Rural Free Delivery and the Good Roads Movement

Candids from the film-photography meetup

single frame: Triple Whipple

Old cars parked, October 2025

Konica C35 Automatic

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What the ice storm could have taught me about myself

Challenging some limiting beliefs

single frame: Bottleworks Hotel

Film portraits of film photographers

Autumn color on Instax

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The 1913 Lincoln Highway in Noble County, Indiana

Red & White was a rural grocery cooperative most active in the 20th century

My presentation at the Vigo County Historical Museum

single frame: Kibitzing over a Camaro

Good blogkeeping: Updated About Me page, ongoing occasional Secure Connection Failure issues

The 50mm f/3.5 Zuiko Auto Macro lens renders color beautifully

More photos from the 24mm f/3.5 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar

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The 1913 Lincoln Highway in Whitley County, Indiana

We walked for Rana

single frame: Corn

Two-year experience report: 2024 Volkswagen Jetta GLI, 40th Anniversary Edition

First impressions of the 24mm f/3.5 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar lens (or, how many ways can I screw up one roll of film?)

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I’m speaking at the Vigo County History Center about the National Road and Vigo County road history

A visit to the R. E. Olds Transportation Museum

Good blogkeeping: Secure Connection Failed error on commenting

single frame: Red car in front of the mural

Old cars parked, September 2025

Canon New F-1

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The Lincoln Highway through New Haven and Fort Wayne, Indiana, part 2

Greenwich Market

single frame: Magic Wand

On getting out of a photographic rut and refreshing creativity

Vintage iron on Kodak T-Max 100

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The Lincoln Highway through New Haven and Fort Wayne, Indiana, part 1

A little late-summer Instax never hurt anyone

single frame: Embassy Theater