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night/terror
No surprise to anyone that’s seen more than, say, four of my photos: I can’t go very long without posting some kind of a reflection. And for some reason, hotel rooms have the best reflections.
So, while the conference I attended may not have been particularly helpful for my real job*, the hotel room views did provide some nice opportunities to make images.
Frisco, Texas
photographed 4.27.2026
*My real job – grants writer. And I SURE ENOUGH went to a session on using AI to write grants. It felt a little bit (or a lot) like spying on my competition.
discombobulation
Photo recipe:
- Get a room on the 7th floor of the hotel
- Stand at the window with the curtains closed behind you* to eliminate (most of) the reflections
- Take a few-ish intentional camera movement photos
- Then choose two of them to layer into one image
- Decide to mirror the resulting image
- And THEN decide to mirror the mirrored image
And there you go.
Frisco, Texas
photographed 4.29.2026
*Which I am sure looks completely sketchy to anyone who happens to look up. But it’s dark, so maybe they won’t notice?
con-, de-, in-, pro-, pre-scription
What I like about travel is that you can always learn something new.
For example, I have spent my ENTIRE LIFE thinking the term was “prescription”…and then I went to Oklahoma
Roosevelt, Oklahoma
photographed 6.25.2026
PS – I was reminded of this quote from The Office: I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.”
(pink), white, and blue
Red paint fades fast. And according to the Google, the reason is that is red pigments are highly vulnerable to UV radiation, which breaks down their chemical bonds, and this often leads to the previously-red paint taking on a pink or chalky appearance over time.
When I was taking this photo a local gentleman pulled up and asked me the usual question (“What are you doing?”) and then offered to sell me the building for fifty bucks. He said, “Course it ain’t got no roof.” Later conversation revealed that he is not actually the owner; handing over the cash to him on the spot would have been a Bad Business Decision™.
But all that aside, I find some level of symbolism in the faded red of a flag-painted building in the middle of Oklahoma.
Snyder, Oklahoma
photographed 4.25.2026
One Day | One Image 