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Just in passing

Posted on 19 May 09 by rcmckee

From a magnolia tree at that most southern of Southern Mansions, Bayou Bend….

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Tommy Tune Awards

Posted on 24 Apr 09 by rcmckee

So I get this email from the boss, accompanying an assignment to shoot the Tommy Tune Awards, the annual Theatre Under The Stars gala awards presentation for Houston-area high school musical theatre productions, and she says “shoot a lot; the … Continue reading →

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Preview

Posted on 14 Apr 09 by rcmckee

On March 27, the VietNam Buddhist Center here in Houston hosted the 8th Day of Prayer and Pilgrimage honoring Quan Am, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. It would have probably been much more interesting had I the slightest clue what I … Continue reading →

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RIP

Posted on 30 Mar 09 by rcmckee

Wound up parked outside a small cemetery the other morning, so I went for a walk. It was a cool and misty morning, peaceful, and not at all an unpleasant place to spend some time.

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Some days

Posted on 05 Mar 09 by rcmckee

you know — from the start, you just KNOW, somehow — that things are not going to go the way you’d planned. Fortunately I don’t leave anything in the car overnight that’s worth stealing, and since I found a pair … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year – The Ox

Posted on 06 Feb 09 by rcmckee

New years should be celebrated with parties… and dancing. But, as it happens, I seem to have been born without a sense of rhythm, and I haven’t ever managed to beg, borrow, or steal one, so I leave the dancing … Continue reading →

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Yummy

Posted on 25 Jan 09 by rcmckee

This afternoon found me at Thai Spice, a restaurant in west Houston. The healthy stuff was on the next shelf down.

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Home again, Home again….

Posted on 03 Jan 09 by rcmckee

All good things come to an end, or some such. Headed home about, oh, 2:00 Saturday afternoon, “rolling along past houses, farms and fields” — which aren’t terribly photogenic from ground level. I’ve been rolling up and down I35 for … Continue reading →

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Sonny and Eli and Friends.

Posted on 01 Jan 09 by rcmckee

What to say? I have a cousin (I think my grandfather’s brother’s son, or his cousin, or something…) with unusual taste in pets. To say the least. This is Eli. These two guys together are great. Eli just loves being … Continue reading →

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Neither Snow Nor Rain in Sight

Posted on 27 Dec 08 by rcmckee

But Santa makes his rounds, apparently in whatever conveyance is available. (I’m thinking, this being Texas, that the reindeer probably graced somebody’s formal Christmas dinner, as Guests of Honor, you might say.) Trip was otherwise mostly uneventful; central Texas is … Continue reading →

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