My brain was hopped up on photography-memories- quests-companionship. Shafter, Texas photographed 2.19.2025 #haiku #poetry

Someone converted a bus to a home; it was not a big success. Pyote, Texas photographed 2.18.2025 #haiku #poetry

•the night reflection• I think I’m figuring out the technique of using puddles and reflections… Mason, Texas photographed 4.11.2026 #reflection #puddle #night

Chuckwagon breakfast held on cold morning in the place called Poet’s Grove. Lone Star Cowboy Poetry Gathering Alpine, Texas photographed 2.22.2025 #haiku #poetry #cowboypoetry

A Sicilian kitty taking a bath as a gentle rain fell. Siracusa, Sicily photographed 2.25.2025 #haiku #poetry #sicily

Offerings show up in various ways – like this light on the table. near Toyahvale, Texas photographed 2.18.2025 #haiku #poetry

It’s up us to reflect on how it’s up to each of us to find our sense of balance and harmony and to carry that with us when we go back home from the place where we found it. South Solon Meetinghouse Solon, Maine photographed 3.19.2026

Head-to-toe-pink girl
needed a bit of a snack
to get through the day.

Catania, Sicily
photographed 2.4.2025
#haiku #poetry #catania

One block from where I stayed this weekend… Mason, Texas photographed 4.12.2026 #smalltown #night

The family made lunch for us, then wove bracelets, sang songs in the yard. Pallazzolo Acreide, Sicily photographed 1.27.2025

Sometimes a road trip is The Thing You Need. And sometimes a stop at the International Waterlily Collection is a happy part of that road trip. San Angelo, Texas photographed 4.10.2026 @iwgs_org #sanangelo #blackandwhite #flowers

“delicous” No, indeed there IS nothing like eating a delicious ear of corn. And maybe I’m just letting my inner copy editor have too much control, but I can’t help but point out that the sign maker did not spell delicious the conventional way. Skowhegan, Maine photographed 3.21.2026

Brown winter fields, snow was a nice contrast to the cars at Cadillac Ranch. Bushland, Texas photographed 1.18.2025 #haiku #poetry #cadillacranch

•addendum• Here’s what happens when you get someone with a piece of cardboard, a marker, and some big opinions. Skowhegan, Maine 3.21.2026

Surprisingly, this is not how we purchase our fish in West Texas. Palermo, Sicily photographed 1.28.2025 #haiku #poetry #sicily

The clouds that brought snow the night before were breaking up…and I enjoyed the contrast between the softness of those clouds and the hard edges of a building at the orchard. North Star Orchards Madison, Maine photographed 3.21.2026

What fresh hell is this? (my thought upon seeing this doll and wedding veil) Amarillo, Texas photographed 1.18.2025 #haiku #poetry

over at Jen’s place This? Oh just a totally picturesque New England scene I saw last month. It had snowed the night before and by early afternoon the sky was clearing, the sun was out, and the snow was melting. It was lovely and I felt right at home. North Star Orchards Madison, Maine 3.21.2026

These orbs seem to think the world is either black or white: no other choice. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma photographed 11.24.2021 #haiku #poetry

You might be one of the people who think an Irish fiddle group is out of place at a German restaurant. I would probably be with you on that, except that I saw/heard it for myself. And in context, it made perfect sense. The Biergarten Skowhegan, Maine photographed 3.19.2026

water drops fly high Piazza Archimede in Siracusa Siracusa, Sicily photographed 2.5.2025 #travel #siracusa #sicily

It was snowing when we got back from dinner. My companions, all of whom live in New England, just went to their rooms. They’d seen snow and this was just one more normal night for them. I stayed outside and watched the snow, took some pictures, and got really cold. Skowhegan, Maine 3.20.2026

When I imagine fresh bread, it always looks like this, bathed in gold light. Palermo, Sicily photographed 1.27.2025 #haiku #poetry #sicily

I’m sure it’s lovely in the summer with the lights on and people and ice cream and sunburns. But it is hard to improve on a foggy day with no one else around and a convenient opening in a fence that allows a photographer to step inside and enjoy the moment. Old Orchard Beach, Maine 3.16.2026

More than anything else this looked combustible: I did not stay there long. New Orleans, Louisiana photographed 4.12.2023 #haiku #poetry #neworleans

This was my second visit to Old Orchard Beach; I’d been there in mid-September when it was starting to shut down for the season. I was happy to get to go back again last month: it was foggy and quiet and lonesome. Old Orchard Beach, Maine photographed 3.16.2026

Little girl and I made brief and incomplete eye contact in cheese store. Collesano, Sicily photographed 1.31.2025 #haiku #poetry #sicily

The other day while I was wandering around Maine I pulled into a parking lot to check the map and find out where I actually was compared to where I was more or less heading. And I saw the remains of a Sears store. Brunswick, Maine photographed 3.18.2026

Was the kind of heat that dried everything out, bleached all colors to grey. Barstow, California photographed 6.2.2023 #haiku #poetry #route66

It was the start of mud season, an aptly-named season if there ever was one. near Arrowsic, Maine photographed 3.17.2026

A chunk of ice melts in the mouth of a dead fish – one more market scene. Palermo, Sicily photographed 1.28.2025 #hailu #poetry #fishmarket #palermo #sicily

It’s the end of the month, so I figure it’s time to move on from nighttime photos of Portland. I don’t know what I’ll post next. Maybe Portland in the daytime? Or Portland in the fog? Or Portland with daytime fog? There are so very many possibilities. Portland, Maine photographed 3.16.2026

Mammatus clouds are my favorite clouds ever…I saw these tonight after a celebration for my friend’s daughter who turned 22 today AND found out she was accepted into a PhD program. I like to think the clouds were helping her celebrate! Lubbock, Texas photographed 3.30.2026

Strong winds whipped the sea to foam, which piled in front of me (at day’s end). Trapani, Sicily photographed 2.2.2025 #haiku #poetry #sicily

There’s just something about a nighttime view of a restaurant full of people… Also, if you’re in Old Port and in need of a sweet treat, I can definitely vouch for the cookies from Standard Baking. Portland, Maine photographed 3.15.2026

My talented friend @vc.torneden introduced me to making monotypes…and I just can’t stop. VC and I have our collaborative monoprint show - a new look at our Route 66 series - up through April 23 at the Charles Adams Gallery in Lubbock. Me? Doing monoprinting? Def a plot twist!!

Fall wheat harvest left combine trails in fields and dust hanging in the air. Farmington, Washington photographed 9.3.2020 #haiku #poetry #palouse

I made two shots of this wall; I didn’t care for the first one because it had a person’s shadow on it. Turns out, I was wrong and could have stopped with the original image, because it was more interesting. Portland, Maine photographed 3.16.2026 #portland #maine #night #shadows

I made this within first few hours in Palermo – felt like a good start. Palermo, Sicily photographed 1.26.2025 #haiku #poetry #streetphotography

I guess my recent frustrations with airline travel (and the fun of lots of delays) showed up when I watched the ferry to Little Diamond Island depart exactly on time. It was an amazing, unfamiliar concept. Portland, Maine photographed 3.16.2026

Regal gentleman was happy to strike a few poses. (Nice hat, too.) Catania, Sicily photographed 2.4.2025 #haiku #poetry #sicily #catania

In the daylight, I probably wouldn’t have given this place a second look. At night, though… Casco Bay Ferry Terminal Portland, Maine photographed 3.16.2026 #portlandmaine #night

Let me be truthful: Needles is not my preferred spot – it had weird vibe. Needles, California photographed 6.1.2023 #haiku #poetry

So what happened is that our hotel was right there in the Old Port and it was so easy to wander around, day or night, to look at things and take photographs. This was a foggy night and the simple, unintentional beauty of the area turned itself into a little body of work. Portland, Maine 3.15.2026

I gave myself away as being not from there because I did take a lot of photos like this. In my defense, I do see a lot more boats sitting on dry and dusty ground than I see boats in actual water. I was there (from the looks of things) to capture the novelty of it. Portland, Maine 3.15.2026

Citrus season is in full swing in the winter: a good thing to know. Palermo, Sicily photographed 1.27.2025 #citrus #sicily

I just found out that my image ”sparklers” was selected for the show Color at the Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon. My great thanks to juror Todd Johnson. Lubbock, Texas photographed 7.4.2025 @blackboxgallerypdx @todd.pdx.photo

“Welcome to old” is a harsh, inappropriate thing to put on a sign. Pontiac, Illinois photographed 7.2.2022 #welcometoold

Sometimes you do need half a turnbuckle, a bolt with an old square nut, and some wire to feel secure. Tahoka, Texas photographed 3.5.2026

the last night on the road (for the time being) Portland, Maine photographed 3.22.2026