Dave Powell

Trained in mathematics, physics, computer programming and science journalism. Retired mathematician, award-winning technical and journalistic writer. Past winner of an international business-journalism equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. And past author and editorial advisor for Sesame Street... where I regularly worked with Jim Henson and Kermit! Now enjoying "retirement studies" of photography, quantum physics and "scientific spirituality." (And restoring a shamefully lapsed relationship with the piano.)

Dave Powell's Posts

Paper in water

16 July, 2025

Potty Pareidolia – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

Doesn’t every photographer hope to find an undiscovered niche? Something still un-tapped? I may have just: In what I dub “Potty Pareidolia”! Specifically, clean toilet paper tha...
Aliens in Exeter, NH 01

12 July, 2025

A Birthday Weekend in Exeter, New Hampshire

By Dave Powell

For my birthday in 2024, Kate surprised me with a long desired pilgrimage to Exeter, New Hampshire. We went to see the iconic work of a great American architect (who wasn’t Fran...
A green rubber frog on a granite rock

3 July, 2025

Meet Me Mum – One Shot Story

By Dave Powell

Of course, my mother isn’t a rubber frog! But this one may have been her second message to our family when she died. (More about the first one later.) It did not surprise us tha...