Photo by Heather Buisman

Firefighters extinguish a fire on a semi-tractor and empty trailer on St. Andrews Court near the Microtel off Victory Drive about 10:45 a.m. The tractor, which had just been used to deliver vehicles to a local dealership was a complete loss.

Whale-headed stork - Jack Madsen

A Whale-headed stork. Copenhagen zoo, 1975. Check out the nasal hair.

Jack Madsen

Lighthouses - Gary Cooper

  Lighthouses in Duluth Harbor

Gary Cooper

Moonfall - Jack Madsen

Moonfall Over My Valley - Photo by Jack Madsen

What is this thing we call beauty that drags a man outdoors at 6:30 a. m. when it's ten degrees to try to capture a fraction of it? A piece of space debris left over from creation, whirling mindlessly around a planet for eons, reflecting the merest fraction of the sun's rays back to mortals living here. Beautiful? How can that be? But it is! It truly is!

Nor is it wasted fantasy! Prove Love? Prove Hope? No proof is necessary!