I Am Not A Good Vegan

Over the years there are three topics I have become increasingly interested in: The environment, Health, and Animal Welfare. I have engaged in these topics in a variety of ways from reading books and articles and listening to podcasts on the subjects to writing letters to government officials to encourage support or rejection of legislature, and donating to not for profits that support these causes.

https://krnaturalphoto.com/2026/04/04/i-am-not-a-good-vegan/

Magnolia Tree Beginning To Bloom

“Think like a pessimist but act like an optimist. Have modesty about your personal role in things, which is infinitesimally tiny. But you should act as if everything in the scheme of things depended on what you personally do. I am not a big believer in having opinions about the future. I am a believer about having opinions about the things you as an individual can and should do.

https://krnaturalphoto.com/2026/04/01/magnolia-tree-beginning-to-bloom/

Bluets Blooming In The Forest

“A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion. The history of governmentally established religion, both in England and in this country, showed that whenever government had allied itself with one particular form of religion, the inevitable result had been that it had incurred the hatred, disrespect and even contempt of those who held contrary beliefs. That same history showed that many people had lost…

https://krnaturalphoto.com/2026/04/01/bluets-blooming-in-the-forest/

Fun And Exciting Things On The Horizon

So many fun and exciting things in the works for 2026. Running and biking and SWIMMING (what the heck!) But two of the things I am most excited about have nothing to do with my personal running and fitness. In 2026 I am starting my second year being on the board of the Southern Tier Running Club (STRC) again. Our running club has many fun things going on as always.

https://krnaturalphoto.com/2026/03/28/fun-and-exciting-things-on-the-horizon/

Tree And Shadow

“Our children should learn the general framework of their government, and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.” -…

https://krnaturalphoto.com/2026/03/25/tree-and-shadow/

Reading: Galen Rowell A Retrospective

If you are anything like me and you enjoy physical media and books and arts of all types you probably have stacks and piles of things all over the place. Bookshelves both virtual and physical of books and arts of all kinds. I have bookshelves at home that are covered in art. Rows of books. Art books. Novels. Graphic novels. Some of these are books I read and loved.

https://krnaturalphoto.com/2026/03/21/reading-galen-rowell-a-retrospective/

Photographing STRC St Pat’s 5k and 10k

Mother Nature has been cruel to us here in upstate NY of rate past month or so. After a particularly cold and brutal winter we thought we maybe were beginning to see the end of it. There were several day strings a few times of temperatures well above seasonal averages. It was really beginning to feel like spring was around the corner.

https://krnaturalphoto.com/2026/03/20/photographing-strc-st-pats-5k-and-10k/

Winter Still Trying To Hold On

“Religion. The inefficacy of this restraint on individuals is well known. The conduct of every popular assembly, acting on oath, the strongest of religious ties, shews that individuals join without remorse in acts against which their consciences would revolt, if proposed to them separately in their closets. When indeed religion is kindled into enthusiasm, its force like that of other passions is increased by the sympathy of a multitude.

https://krnaturalphoto.com/2026/03/18/winter-still-trying-to-hold-on/

It’s Almost Spring

“In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates. Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been, and ever will be, pursued, until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit. A coalition of a majority of the whole society could seldom take place upon any other principles, than those of justice and the general good.” - James Madison from notes on the Constitutional…

https://krnaturalphoto.com/2026/03/14/its-almost-spring/