I've put together several short essays that capture a moment, a thought, or even an occasional adventure in my life. These are all in PDF format.
| Pittsburgh | A photographic essay of the early days in Pittsburgh. |
| Rachel Creek | Snakes, wild dogs, and a little boy on his own. |
| Treasure Island | Discovering machinery, electronics and life. |
| Showing Off | Four thousand volts. |
| White Lie | Don't smile for the camera. |
| Fifty Fifty | Flip a coin to live or die. |
| Love and Death | Timeless Love |
| Delicate Imbalance | From space, we are just a pale blue dot. |
| Guardian Angel | A young girl on a street in Cairo. |
| Kayaking | Try to stay out from under the boat. |
| Just Enough Nerds | Graduation Day. |
| My Ghost | There's a ghost in this house. |
| Linux Fanatic | Imagine, if you will, a world where computers don't crash. |
| Goodnight, Grandpa | Shared moments during a family visit with my grandson, Justin. |
| Remembering Virginia Frank | My mother, Virginia Frank. |
| Remembering Jim Frank | My father, Jim Frank. |
| Life of John Snider | One of my ancestors was captured by Indians in pre-Colonial America. After considerable research, this is my probable history of that story and the subsequent life of John Snider. |