Monthly Archives: January 2023
not a rain culture
A man wearing a red shirt and a silver bolo tie and carrying a small leather journal noticed me as he stepped carefully through the sidewalk puddles and said, “We don’t have a rain culture here.” And it was just that lack of a rain culture that made a rainy day enjoyable.
Heard Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 12.28.2022
south central, with murals
A alley that’s got trash dumpsters, fire-escape stairs, and a mural is surely an alley that I will stop to look at. And, of course, photograph.
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 12.27.2022
two or three things at once
Just because I wanted to, I spent some time on a bench watching people going up and down stairs and in and out of the gallery. It felt worth it the very instant I spotted the woman dusting the railing, while a man entered the exhibit, and another man was looking at something inside.
Musical Instrument Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 12.26.2022
proper shoppers
Oh, sure it says “proper” and it looks all ranch-y and friendly and whatnot, but it doesn’t have the sort of clothes any ranchers around here (or anyplace that I’ve seen) wear. I guess that sign in the window – the one for a company based in Hollywood – was the clue that I missed before I went in…
Fort Worth, Texas
photographed 12.24.2022
sisters
My workflow is probably weird. But it works. What I do is edit the photos a couple of weeks out from the day they’ll post. I give them a title, and start the blog post. Then closer to time, I’ll write whatever I think needs to be said.
When I saw a post that I had titled “Sisters” I didn’t have the faintest recollection of what the photo was. I am not in contact with my own sister, so the topic isn’t exactly something that I talk about or photograph or anything like that. And I was temporarily confused.
And then, when I looked at the photo, I remembered that I’d found a little part of this cemetery that was dedicated to deceased nuns from the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur. That made a LOT more sense. (By the way, the Sisters of Namur were established in Namur, Belguim, and have had a presence in Fort Worth since 1873.)
Oakwood Cemetery
Fort Worth, Texas
photographed 12.24.2022
One Day | One Image 