This is where we are right now.

the loneliest number © 2025 William Koechling

Until relatively recently, tactics using flash bang grenades, tear gas canisters, and throwing people to the ground were used for stopping full-on riots where cars are being overturned and building burned. These are peaceful protestors. This needs to stop.

This is a shadow that appears each year on our stairs mid January for just a couple of days. © 2021 William Koechling

at the zoo © 1972 William Koechling

Our cheese grater has a little glow to it...

Stonington, Maine © 1977 William Koechling

"I read the news today, Oh boy... "Man Reading Newspaper in Italy © 1973 William Koechling

cat chasing a fly © 2023 William Koechling

for me, not for thee

I know what I saw on January 6, 2021. I know what I saw on January 7, 2026.

a child learns to write © 2013 William Koechling

Her name was Good.

© William Koechling

Chicago restaurant at night © 1974 William Koechling

A little slice of Chicago history... In September of 1973 Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians walked Michigan Avenue as their performances were cancelled because there was no contract. The walkout was resolved on October 13th and concerts resumed. © 1973 William Koechling

Chicago subway stairs © 1974 William Koechling

a couple of our grand kids playing with our 45-year old Fischer-Price toys - First our 5 kids played with them then their 7 kids played with them. A dozen assorted cousins did as well. They look like they will last another generation.

Fire and Ice ice on our old, drafty, windows in Maine © 1982 William Koechling

2025 - "Wow! What a crazy year!" 2026 - "Hold my beer..."

Happy New Year to all. © 2013 William Koechling

prairie dock leaf in autumn @fermilab.bsky.social prairie © 2017 William Koechling

Happy December 26th to all. © William Koechling

I move to adjourn. Celebrate the day!

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Peace and best wishes to all who visit here.

“We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness.” — Sapna Reddy photo © William Koechling

1/2 “The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from — my country, the place where I ought to have been born.

As many others have pointed out: an incredible paragraph in the NYTimes today. Important note: This is not an editorial — it's an analysis piece from the paper's chief White House correspondent. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...

Holy smokes, Bears... !!

pond ice on winter solstice evening © 2022 William Koechling

Ordet. Carl Theodor Dreyer. 1955.

from Jeanne Gassman on Threads: Trump's speech tonight can be summed up by a quote from Macbeth: "...a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

one of my grandsons when he was three - Today Henry turns twelve. Happy Birthday, Henry!

Happy Birthday to Dick Van Dyke, Taylor Swift, Mary Todd Lincoln, and especially my granddaughter, Emily!

American Road, 2020 © 2020 William Koechling

Imagine... © 2000 William Koechling

traffic © 2021 William Koechling

at Mar-a-lago in 1972 © 1972 William Koechling

The Chairs That No One Sits In © 2023 William Koechling

pigeon at a Bokrijk, Belgium farm © 2023 William Koechling

For 2026, the Trump administration has added President Trump's birthday as a fee-free day at national parks and has removed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of fee-free days.

Touche.

Ryne Sandberg of the Cubs hits a ball up the center off of Bruce Ruffin of the Phillies to score Bobby Denier from second to tie the game at 1-1. Sandberg would go on to score the winning run on a hit from Jody Davis. 08/08/86

 This weather makes me yearn for baseball. © 1986 William Koechling

"bobbies" in London's Trafalgar Square © 1973 William Koechling

Georges Seurat was born on this day in 1859. © 2016 William Koechling

school children visiting Stonehenge © 1973 William Koechling

Couple contemplates hyper realistic sculpture at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The 1974 show was "Duane Hanson/John De Andrea: The Real and Ideal in Figurative Sculpture" © 1974 William Koechling

bringing home their new tv - Chicago © 1974 William Koechling