Well, as this sign clearly states, “something something something Love something something.” I feel that’s a message we can all support. 
And as a lesson to all would-be quote-painters, maybe corrugated metal isn’t the most legible surface to choose. 
Church Point, Louisiana
photographed 10.22.2017

Wind blew the next day, steady and strong, to scatter seeds to sprout in spring. Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas photographed 12.29.2024 #haiku #poetry

Random drives often turn into discovery. This particular day, we saw a sign that said “Gravesite of Charlene Richard.” She was a very devout young girl who passed away in 1959 from leukemia; she was 12 years old. Charlene may have been a saint. near Richard, Louisiana photographed 10.22.2017

The entire day was joyous – symbolized by this colorful walkway. Bivona, Sicily photographed 9.4.2022 #haiku #poetry #sicily


The main character in Tom Robbins’s novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is Sissy Hankshaw, who - with the help of her abnormally large thumbs - hitchhikes across America. 
The main character in the Evangeline Cemetery is physically unable to follow her example. Ville Platte, Louisiana
10.22.2017

A one-horned safety bison (chances of getting gored reduced by half). Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas photographed 12.29.2024 #haiku #poetry #bison

I cannot even think about this abandoned place without hearing “It’s you, Joubert!” in the style of style of Jean Valjean getting shouty with Javert in Les Misérables. St. Landry Parish, Louisiana photographed 10.22.2017

They could NOT be more serious: no loitering is permitted. None. Not at all. Never. Don’t even THINK about it. But, oh, here’s a chair, just in case… Grand Coteau, Louisiana photographed 10.22.2017 #travel #loiter #louisiana

Mural artist could not paint hands – hid them behind the dishes of food. Gardner, Illinois photographed 7.1.2022 #haiku #poetry #route66

ow, dark, serious clouds outside gave the inside of this church a particular glow that I liked very much. St. Charles Borromeo Church Grand Coteau, Louisiana photographed 10.22.2017

Italian fashion: it’s for real! I mean, just look at all these pieces. Ragusa Ibla, Sicily photographed 9.2.2022 #haiku #poetry #sicily

Here’s a photo from 2017 and a monoprint of the same image from a few days ago. Port Barre, Louisiana photographed 10.22.2017 #louisiana #monotype

Three boots hanging on a wire fence – just another roadside mystery. near Quitaque, Texas photographed 1.29.2024 #haiku #poetry #thingsonfences

When I moved to Louisiana, I was unprepared to confront the variety of foods that I’d never seen in Texas. Which brings me to boudin; it has a soft, pudding-y texture and you can get it just about anywhere. “Boudin noir” is blood sausage so proceed with caution Chataignier, Louisiana 10.22.2017

Warm darkness enclosed conversations while I sat alone with my thoughts. Eraclea Minoa, Sicily photographed 9.7.2022 #haiku #poetry #sicily


Conduit 
- A pipe or channel for conveying fluids, such as water 
- A tube or duct for enclosing electric wires or cable 
- A means by which something is transmitted
 Here’s a wall of a tomb, a tiny cross, and (possibly) several kinds of conduit.
 Mamou, Louisiana
photographed 10.22.2017

Shot the Fuji bike with my Fuji camera – funny at the time. near Quitaque, Texas photographed 12.29.2024 #haiku #poetry #fuji


This is the St. Ann’s Old Cemetery. 
Numa and Emily Fontenot, who were born in the 1860s, were pioneer settlers of Mamou. They had ten children (and needed a giant family tomb). 
Mamou, Louisiana
photographed 10.22.2017

Celebrating (blank) years! Guess they were shy about how many it was. Lebanon, Missouri photographed 1.28.2023 #route66 #haiku #poetry

This photo was made in 2017, and even then it felt like dollar stores were everywhere. But that was nothing compared to how it is now. Rayne, Louisiana photographed 10.21.2017

Winter and I were in Joplin on the same day – so I left for home. Joplin, Missouri photographed 1.29.2023 #haiku #poetry #winter #brrrrrrr

This starts a series of older Louisiana images, all of which are edited in not my normal style – some times I feel like branching out. Anyway, here’s a mausoleum that I found in a place called Mowata. near Mowata, Louisiana photographed 1.10.2016

Here are four Chesters. I can’t say why he kept a pile of ID pics. vintage family photos date, location unknown #haiku #poetry #familyphotos #vintagephotos

I do not know what the artist (or artists) intended to convey with this installation in the Salton Sea. Pyramids are said to be linked to funeral rites as a passing of existence beyond time...this one in the dying sea seems especially poignant.
 Bombay Beach, California
photographed 2.12.2022

A Greek school along Route 66 – not something I’d thought I would see. Chicago, Illinois photographed 7.1.2022 #haiku #poetry #route66 #chicago

You know how your dermatologist is always talking about using sunscreen? This right here is why. I mean, just look at their skin – some of it looks like it melted, some of has some awful growths, and none it of looks healthy. East Jesus, California photographed 2.11.2022

I am happy to announce that my image “holes in things” is part of the annual Praxis Gallery Member Showcase. The show, which will be installed by gallerist Jonathon Pavlica, will run from February 21 through March 14. Praxis Gallery is located in Minneapolis.

There is one thing I strongly believe and that is if the word “escape” is written on the way in to a sketchy building, there is very little chance of your making an actual escape. So be careful…. Calipatria, California photographed 2.13.2022 #warning

Rodeo cowboy, dead in bronc-riding wreck, lies in this remote place. Grey Mule Cemetery Hall County, Texas photographed 1.29.2024 #haiku #poetry #rodeocowboy

Just one more thing I learned by looking at the ground….until 2022, I didn’t even know that pollination services were a thing. Calipatria, California photographed 2.12.2022 #travel #lookdown

There’s a lot of sky out here; some days it’s really busy with clouds, jets. Caprock Canyons State Park, Texas photographed 12.29.2024 #hailu #poetry

Sunlight faded as faithful carried their patron saint around town. Bivona, Sicily photographed 9.4.2022 #haiku #poetry #bivona #sicily

I’m not really used to thinking about a gas stations being so fancy that they required Ionic columns and clay tile roofs, but this place had both of those things. Also, it has all those windows and would make a fine art studio - just needs a couple of weekends… Breckenridge, Texas 8.6.2022

At this point all those iconic Cadillacs are more paint than auto. Cadillac Ranch Bushland, Texas photographed 11.29.2024 #haiku #poetry #cadillacranch #bushland #texas

“to the charity of night” Sometimes hotel room views are terrible. Obviously this was not one of those times. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma photographed 9.7.2024 #travel #oklahomacity #sunset

Roadside retablo – a folk art installation. what a thing to see! Nazareth, Texas photographed 12.7.2024 #haiku #poetry #folkart

Some photographers would probably have taken a tripod on their after-dark stroll through downtown Santa Fe. I am not one of them. And I’m not even the least bit apologetic. Santa Fe, New Mexico photographed 8.31.2024 #handheld #night #santafe

A one-track-road race against the night got us here in time for sunset. Elgol, Scotland photographed 11.6.2023 #haiku #poetry #scotland

A couple of years ago, I needed to go from Lubbock, Texas, to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which is about a 360 mile drive. But also we’d heard about a good restaurant in a little town in Colorado…And then we added more places - 1600 miles worth. near Cheyenne Wells, Colorado photographed 9.4.24

Radar can track storms but that doesn’t mean you’ll know how bad they can get. Boston, Massachusetts photographed 9.1.2021 #haiku #poetry #storm

The great poet/philosopher Dave Matthews wrote “it all comes down to nothing.” You thought maybe things were headed one way, and all of a sudden you look and it’s all just an empty beer bottle and some plastic knives on the ground behind a closed-down bar. Lubbock, Texas 1.17.2026

Green Light (thing I saw in the middle-school pick up line) Lubbock, Texas photographed 2.5.2026

What is going on with that guy at the bright red window? Hard to know. Edinburgh, Scotland photographed 11.2.2023 #haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee #thingsisee

one’s a perfect number Here’s some junk I saw on the ground the other day – it’s in front of a street-side memorial across from the police station in downtown Lubbock, if you’re looking for it… Lubbock, Texas photographed 1.17.2026 #one #the_end #never_saw_it_coming

Then there was that one time when Blue Hour took itself quite literally. Digby, Nova Scotia photographed 7.27.2015 #haiku #poetry #bluehour

Fish and a wedge of sun in a street market in Palermo. Palermo, Sicily photographed 1.17.2025 #palermo #market #travel

For reasons I can’t imagine, this rug was stabbed into barbed wire fence. Nazareth, Texas photographed 12.7.2024

Here’s a statue of King William II of Sicily offering a model of the cathedral to the Virgin Mary. The sand color of the statue and the texture of the stone will forever make me think about this as a sand sculpture. Duomo di Monreale Monreale, Sicily photographed 1.30.2025

My dad wrote “leg show” on the back of this phot of my mom – silly! vintage family photo date and location unknown #haiku #poetry #vintagephoto

A tiny room off the nave and sanctuary had beautiful marble sculptures that held great meaning. Some people found great religious significance in them; I found photographic solace there. Capella del Crocifisso – Duomo di Monreale Monreale, Sicily photographed 1.30.2025 #sicily #monreale #travel