Braving the rain is not something I have to do very many times. Lubbock, Texas photographed 4.26.2025 #haiku #poetry

We stopped to watch a barrel racing event. I don’t know what technical things to watch for (other than knocking down the barrels is not what the riders are supposed to do) but that doesn’t stop me from appreciating the athleticism of horses and riders. Levelland, Texas photographed 5.31.2026

Four mailboxes. Three chairs. Someone’s not invited to be in the group. Lubbock, Texas photographed 5.3.2025 #haiku #poetry

A typical scene on the high plains – a farm buildings, some farm equipment, a horizon, and some wind turbines. (FYI: Those clouds later built up into one hell of a thunderstorm.) Roosevelt County, New Mexico photographed 5.31.2026 #travelphotography #roadtrip

Wedding reception horror story. Let’s just hope that the cake was good. from the Fever Dream series vintage photo, scanned, and edited #haiku #poetry

Through careful framing and a wide lens, I was able to fit the entire town into a single frame! Inez, New Mexico photographed 5.31.2026 #travel #backroads

Speaking out feels more dangerous with each day – how much worse can it get? Lubbock, Texas photographed 4.19.2025 #haiku #poetry

What I somehow don’t even remember from the first visit to this abandoned place was this very-blue room. It must have felt so design-y and original when it was new, which makes it feel even sadder now. Hockley County, Texas photographed 5.31.2026

My thanks to juror Luther Smith, who selected my photo decorative/water into the Texas Photographic Society’s show Watershed. The show, at the Pool Gallery in Fort Worth, will be up from July 3 - July 25. @lutherasmith @texasphotosociety

Connection between living free, buying fasts food is unclear. Lubbock, Texas photographed 5.20.2025 #haiku #poetry

I’ve been wandering through rural West Texas towns for a long time and have come to expect certain standard markers of life out here. So when I saw a window painted with “Let’s go…” I absolutely, completely expected the next word to be “Brandon.” Sundown, Texas photographed 6.14.2026

Getting lost in the colors, shapes, shadows left me disoriented. Lubbock, Texas photographed 5.19.2025 #haiku #poetry

It was a cold day. And it was raining. And it was also (bonus!) windy. Today it is supposed to be 108° here, which makes three days ago seem like a dream. Sundown, Texas photographed 6.14.2026

“Push all a’ that house in a pile so’s we can burn it when the wind stops.” (possible conversation) Lubbock County, Texas photographed 5.11.2025 #haiku #poetry

I always think I ought to stop and photograph one of these tanks but I never do. Honestly, I think I want to photograph them out of a decades-long habit of thinking they are Very Important Subjects, which may or may not be true. Hockley County, Texas photographed 6.14.2026

At this protest some white guys in a truck shouted racist things at us. Lubbock, Texas photographed 5.3.2025 #haiku #poetry

If you want to get really worried about the future of water in places that are above the Ogalalla Aquifer, you could read Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains, by Lucas Bessire. Hockley County, Texas photographed 6.14.2026 #water

That fierce-faced player is – off the field – the sweetest kid you’ll ever meet. Lubbock, Texas photographed 4.19.2025 #haiku #poetry

This farmhouse had at least two resident owls. And a brand-new KitchenAid dishwasher, still in the original box. I wonder if Alma R signed the wall the day she left, or if that was a later addition by some visiting vandals. Cochran County, Texas photographed 5.31.2026

This was a fun night: woman in a white truck tailed us for many miles. Lubbock, Texas photographed 5.20.2025 #haiku #poetry

•the capture• I mean, it’s sort of a cliche to photograph a tumbleweed caught up in a barbed wire fence, but I guess it’s a cliche for a reason. near Inez, New Mexico photographed 5.31.2026

A Studebaker and its matching owner – best pair at the car show. Lubbock, Texas photographed 5.3.2025 #haiku #poetry

This was the first time I’d ever stopped to get photos at the Gro-Gas, which currently offers neither of those things. Bledsoe, Texas photographed 5.31.2026

The bride’s parents are lurking behind her like a warning. Or a threat. from the Fever Dream series vintage photo, scanned and edited #haiku #poetry


My traveling companion - who’s Not From Here - suggested a u-turn to get this photo. I did not argue since he was right.
 Because I *am* From Here, there’s a good possibility that I wouldn’t have really noticed the photographic possibilities the way he did. Floyd County, Texas
5.30.2026

Someone secured the gate by leaving open lock on wall. Then it rained. Lubbock, Texas photographed 4.26.2025 #haiku #poetry

I love to find little scenes like this – take a worn-out sofa and a couple of religious-themed murals and I am one happy photographer. And this one add the additional delight of an orange wall, adding depth to the whole thing. Ha! Ha! It didn’t add depth as much as it added…orange. Slaton, Texas

My dear mama was so sweet; I put her in here twice for good measure. from the Fever Dream series vintage photo, scanned and edited #haiku #poetry

It was a weird travel day. Our direct flight to Lubbock got rerouted just before we landed – there was a huge storm that got to Lubbock just ahead of us. We flew to the next closest storm-free town and sat on the plane for a couple of hours. Phoenix, Arizona photographed 6.6.2026

Finally made the effort to go and look at this abandoned place. Lubbock, Texas photographed 5.20.2025 #haiku #poetry

I was just waiting out the layover time by practicing taking blurry pictures. (Some people are especially gifted and can get blurry photos without even trying!) But the other thing I was doing was laughing about the name of the store on the other side of the walkway. Phoenix, Arizona 6.6.2026

Wet snow was like tears on the protestors’ signs – the ink was running down. Lubbock, Texas photographed 4.5.2025 #haiku #poetry

Wind-sound covered up noises of all the pigeons – it was a nice change. Plainview, Texas photographed 4.18.2025 #haiku #poetry

Hello and welcome to All The Tables Day, the long-awaited moment when I assemble all the tables in a particular town and make a photograph. I mean, it’s sort of not as comprehensive as it sounds, as this town only has the one building and it only has one room. But still. Inez, New Mexico 5.31.2026

38,000 square feet of mosaic floors in ancient villa. Villa del Casale Piazza Armerina, Sicily photographed 2.3.2025 #haiku #poetry

•rocking/horse• Barrel race practice = photo opportunities = practice with panning = lots of failures = some technically weak photos that still are compelling. (This one reminds me of a kid’s rocking horse.) Levelland, Texas photographed 5.31.2026 #barrelracing

window seat somewhere between Lubbock and Dallas photographed 6.4.2026 #weather

It was true last year at the protest; has only gotten worse since then. Lubbock, Texas photographed 4.5.2025 #haiku #poetry

I know for sure that this was the longest car on the whole block and feel confident that it was also the longest car in the entire town. Floydada, Texas photographed 5.30.2026

Great – so now we are thick-shaming books? I think this has gone too far. Lorenzo, Texas photographed 4.18.2025 #haiku #poetry

•product/placement• I drive by this mashup of informational signage on a fairly regular basis, and finally stopped to get the photo that was in my head all along. You’re welcome. Lubbock County, Texas photographed 5.29.2026 #justthefacts #signage #lubbockcounty

It’s the kind of town where there’s not a long wait for a break in traffic. Lorenzo, Texas photographed 4.18.2025 #haiku #poetry

I want to thank the fine folks of Petersburg, Texas, for providing such an interesting photographic subject. It was quite an interesting ten minutes of shooting. Petersburg, Texas photographed 5.30.2026

You know what? I don’t think I’m going to explain any part of this. Nambé, New Mexico photographed 7.16.2016 #haiku #poetry

•daughter of the clouds• Lately I’ve been missing shade trees, But on the other hand, a bunch of trees would block these kinds of views. Lubbock County, Texas photographed 5.22.2026

a little storm passed by a little bit ago… Lubbock, Texas photographed 5.31.2026 #storm #clouds with @don_toothaker

Not quite earthbound, yet not exactly soaring. Same, random old car. Same. Garza County, Texas photographed 4.6.2025 #haiku #poetry

Light as metaphor 
 Hello, and welcome to Yes, I Have My Own Thesaurus Day.
 Metaphor:
allegory
analogy
emblem
hope
image
metonymy
personification
similtude
symbol
trope
concept
 Portland, Maine
photographed 3.14.2026 #portland

Italy-hat guy as spotted in Havana. (I promise it’s true.) Havana, Cuba photographed 11.7.2022 #haiku #poetry

I think you know me well enough by now that there is a 100% chance that I will think hotel-room reflections are very enchanting. And also the same chance that I will make a photograph or ten of them. Portland, Maine photographed 3.14.2026 #reflections