I play jazz trombone. For several years, I played in the Acme Jazz Company quintet; the other four members being a vocalist, a drummer, a guitarist, and a bassist. I also wrote and arranged some of the music played by this group.

Some of my favorite (rock) music was made by Gentle Giant, a group of the '70s. They still have an active following and their entire catalog (about 10 albums) is in print (old fans never give up...). I highly recommend their music to anyone who enjoys thinking about that to which they are listening.

Here are some photos from the most recent gathering of friends from the On-Reflection mailing list.

Graphics:

I've been experimenting with generating abstract images.

Here is image "2005-10-08 18-08-49" (or "The Melancholy Scent of an Iris"):

Click here for more discussion of the approach and thumbnail views of the three series of images I have generated so far.

Painting:

Some of my favorite oil paintings are by my good friend Paul Hotvedt. For several years Paul has been focusing his painting on the landscape of northeastern Kansas. These paintings vary from wide panoramas of hillsides, fields, woods, and sky to close color studies of the weeds by the side of a dirt road. These are all beautiful, evocative works.