A writer, web developer, and photographer based in Minneapolis

Chanhassen’s 40th Annual Fourth of July Celebration
I did the right thing this year by bringing my professional camera and taking photos at the golden hour and the blue hour.

Another Evening at the Arb
The best time to photograph flowers is on an overcast day with a light wind–like this evening.

46 Morning Photos From the Minnesota State Fair
See 46 photos from my first post-Covid visit to the Minnesota State Fair.

My Dad’s Early Father’s Day Gift: A Seiko SNE593
See the unboxing!

“Maybe the best student I’ve had… [Nicholas] write[s] extremely well.”
—Sid Bedingfield, journalism professor, former CNN executive, and father of Kate Bedingfield
While my peers in high school were out having fun, I was inside poring over The Chicago Manual of Style and books on English usage. By not only reading Newsweek cover-to-cover each week but also perusing the grammar, punctuation, and style, I was able to get 74 out of 75 questions correct on the English section of the ACT the first time I took the exam.
I attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, for a few years as a literature major, though I left without graduating. In the fall of 2019, I finished my studies at the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, graduating with a B.A. in English.
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