Dad

No photo captures a person in all their complexity, and this photo certainly falls far short, too. But it does capture a few of his leading characteristics: Independence. His existential courage; his willingness to look at truth into the face. His love of nature and the big vista. His readiness to go his own path. His desire to take it all in. His steadiness.

He's a good man, and I love him. I cannot ask for a better father.

Taken two or three years ago in the winter outside of Manhattan, KS.