Lake Bluff, Illinois criterion bike race. July 25, 2026.

It’s happening!

I see that it’s #AskAnArchaeologist Day. Once upon a time I studied #DigitalArchaeology and #Archaeogaming. I’m now directing #CulturalResourceManagement aka #CRM projects in the Great Plains. I’m happy to try to answer your questions on any/all of the above. #archaeology 🏺

Another long trip, and I return to a refreshed garden: hasta flowers, an emerging sunflower bloom, morning glory, yellow coneflowers.

Crew dinner last night at Dink’s BBQ in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I replenished all of my calories with pork ribs, pulled pork, sliced brisket, hot links, baked beans, fried okra, green onions, and bread, with onion straws to start. Not pictured: blackberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream.

Swollen sunflower. Osage County, Oklahoma. July 20, 2026.

#archaeology #crm 🏺

Rose verbena. Osage County, Oklahoma. July 19, 2026.

Osage County, Oklahoma. July 18, 2026. Hoary verbina, a tree with a root ball of red sandstone regolith, ghost of a two-track, and I sweat through my clothes the entire day in the field. Still beats office work.

Osage County, Oklahoma. July 16, 2026.

Apparently, I am riding around in a UTV and digging test pits with Michael Stipe

Osage County, Oklahoma, July 14, 2026, including a Field of 1,000 Goats.

Two highlights from today’s #Waukegan #Scoop car show.

#Waukegan #Scoop tonight. Thousands of people watching classic and pimped cars promenade to live Tejano music, enjoying street tacos and elotes, and celebrating a beautiful summer night. Car show tomorrow. What amazing energy and good vibes.

After spending 10 days working outside in the heat and humidity, I spent my day off doing the same, but for free.

I go away for ten days and new things appear in my garden: scarlet bee balm, hasta flower, poblano and jalapeño peppers. July 9, 2026

#Chicago and #LakeMichigan from the air. July 8, 2026 #photography #NoAI

Osage County, Oklahoma. July 7, 2026.

Osage County, Oklahoma. July 6, 2026. The plant in the first photo is a mullein (flannel) plant and is well over 2m tall.

Ruins of a bridge and BBQ from Trigger’s in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. That place is special.

Pawhuska, Oklahoma. July 4, 2026 #oklahoma #pawhuska #SevereWeather #thunderstorms #photography #NoAI

How I spent my July 4th #CRM

Pawhuska, Oklahoma. July 2, 2026.

I think William Carlos Williams’ version is better

My book of poetry and b/w photographs, Walkover Country: Archaeology Poems of the Plains, has been accepted for publication by Spartan Press! Pre-order details to follow once the production schedule is set. #archaeology #crm 🏺 #poetry #photography

Spearleaf stonecrop, coreopsis, china rose (2 of 2)

I come home to new blooms for late June: creeping bellflower, tiger lily, pink hydrangea, ditch lily (1 of 2)

Another horned toad and magic mushrooms growing in a cow pie. Osage County, Oklahoma. June 22, 2026.