November 30

Back of a church pew
Church of the Nazarene
Buffalo Gap Historic Village, Texas

photographed 4.2.2010

November 29

Leaf lit by late afternoon sun
Skyline Drive
Davis Mountains State Park, Texas

photographed 11.10.2010

November 28

Wall and light switches
Contemporary Arts Center 
Las Vegas, Nevada


photographed 5.29.2009

November 27

More cactus, this time on the road between Las Vegas and Laughlin

photographed 5.30.2009

November 26

from Skyline Drive
Davis Mountains State Park, Texas

photographed 11.10.2010

November 25

Mockingbird Station
Dallas, Texas

photographed 11.19.2010

November 24

Of all the nights to leave the house without a camera, THIS was the one I chose.  Good call, don't you think?

But at least I can take pictures with my phone.  I don't think the phone camera will be taking the place of my "real" cameras anytime soon, though.

Lubbock, Texas

PS - Yes.  I know.  More skies.  I can't help it.  Sorry.

Side Street
Fort Davis, Texas

photographed 11.13.2010

November 22

Sunset, Yellowhouse Canyon

(Also:  what are the odds that I would post a photograph of the sky?)

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas

November 20

on the outskirts of Jacksboro, Texas

November 19

Say you are in Dallas, staying on maybe the 29th floor of the Sheraton.  And say you can't sleep.  And say there's nothing to watch on TV and you don't feel like reading.  And say you don't want to go to the bar downstairs.


Here's something fun you might enjoy:  using the window ledge and then, later, the top of the lampshade, as rudimentary tripods, try some night photographs of downtown Dallas.


Dallas, Texas

November 18

In the Park Lane development
Dallas, Texas

November 17

Reunion Tower, and an airplane
Dallas, Texas

November 16

View from my hotel room
Dallas, Texas

November 15

Well, here's something completely unexpected:  a photograph that has SKY in it!


Fort Davis, Texas

photographed 11.13.2010

November 14

Forgive me for two* sky photos in a row, but out here there's just SO MUCH of it.....


Highway 17
Jeff Davis County, Texas

*Actually, three

November 13

Welcome to Mathematics Day here at the blog.  Above you will see the solution to the following equation:

Me + a camera + a tripod + the night sky

Skyline Drive

Davis Mountains State Park, Texas 

November 12

I am not certain what these ruins are, but because they are across the street from the Chinati Foundation, where everything is an "installation" I will decree that these walls, too, are Installations.

Marfa, Texas

November 11

Fall is coming...and the flowers are fading.

Davis Mountains State Park, Texas

November 10

Railing beside the pool, Balmorhea State Park.

Toyahvale, Texas

November 9

Indian Lodge
Davis Mountains State Park 


One of my favorite places.

photographed 9.2004

November 8

Taken at the National Ranching Heritage Center

Lubbock, Texas

photographed 7.3.2009

November 7

I guess I am not too sure about the theological implications of having a basketball court just next to the graveyard, but it is a nice touch.  I think.

behind Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church
Frankenstein, Missouri


photographed 6.19.2006

November 6

The remains of a building
Red Oak, Texas

photographed 7.26.2008
Photography Weekend

November 5

Detail, cabinet by Doug Ricketts.  Through the end of the month, you can see the piece at Art on Texas Gallery, 1506 Texas Avenue, Lubbock. 

Lubbock, Texas

November 4

South of McCamey, Texas

photographed 8.27.2009

November 3

Warehouse District
New Orleans


photographed 4.10.2010

November 2

Here are some things I don't know:
1.  Where this newspaper clipping came from
2.  How long I have had it
3.  Why I kept it in the first place
4.  What a "pocket king" could possibly refer to

and, mainly,

5.  Why that headline makes me laugh


My office bulletin board
Lubbock, Texas

November 1

Day One of National Novel Writing Month.

My novel is based upon an event that happened in April 2010 in Brownfield, Texas, and that I have not been able to get out of my mind since.

The goal is to have a 50,000 word novel completed by midnight, November 30.

You know where I'll be this month.


Lubbock, Texas