Category Archives: Walkabout – GPS

27.7445N: 95.3860W

One of the great things about Houston is that despite the miserable climate we have sizable groups of people from everywhere living here, and sometimes they throw parties. For everyone. Yesterday, it was the Brazilian Women Foundation. (Their spelling, not … Continue reading

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29.74609 N, 95.39412 W

Couple years ago, for reasons I don’t remember but that made sense then, I signed up for a Yelp! account. Last night I was skimming one of their “latest and greatest” email summaries when my writing partner sent me a … Continue reading

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29.72202 N, 95.38975 W,

I’ve never been to Peru, but it’s only one line on the map away from Ecuador, where I may end up, so when the folks at the Houston Museum of Natural Science announced that Peru would be the focus of … Continue reading

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31.92594N, 97.10344W

If you’ve spent much time in rural Texas, especially in the plains, you’ve seen these – the iconic old Aermotor windmill pump. They’re getting rarer now; fewer farms, fewer farmers and, one suspects, more electrical pumps. But they’ve been around, … Continue reading

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You gotta be off to see the wizard….

On the way to Goliad as soon as I log off here, to see Los Pastorales – a reproduction of an old play/performance the monks at Mission Espiritu Santo and the other early Spanish Missions used to teach the Christmas … Continue reading

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29.78374N, 95.39728w

So yesterday afternoon the editor-beings dispatched me to the Heights to see a Citzen about a Constable. As happens I was up in the Heights one afternoon earlier this week and the traffic then had been similar to the mall … Continue reading

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32.76092N; 97.23616W

Running a little late here on the posting…. Back in early October I ran back up to Fort Worth to do Mom Stuff again. While I was there I got the chance to duck out and see a couple of … Continue reading

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29.71529 N, 95.47829 W — Burnett-Bayland Park

GULFTON — There are days when making a living as a photojournalist doesn’t seem like the best idea I ever had. Last Saturday wasn’t one of them. Newspaper work , at its best, can be interesting and far from routine. … Continue reading

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29.697 N, 95.529 W

One of the most interesting things about Houston is the huge variety of cultures and peoples who’ve come together to create this melange we have… When I go collect my daily bread, every few days, I walk past the True … Continue reading

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Get Lost!!! (N29.76223, W95.56478)

Found myself wrestling with a bad case of cabin fever yesterday afternoon. Lots to do, as always, but the only thing I really felt like doing was throwing on a pack, grabbing a camera bag and my staff, and hitting … Continue reading

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