Author Archives: rcmckee

In Training

Posted on 01 Aug 15 by rcmckee

I started to notice murals on my first major trip south – they’ve been a big part of the political and artistic landscape in Latin America for centuries, from the earliest civilizations we know of right up to now. (Simon … Continue reading →

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Update, apology, and KITTEN!

Posted on 07 Jul 15 by rcmckee

Discovered about midnight last night that for some reason the blog wasn’t coming up. I’d been backing up the archives a couple of days ago so I know it wasn’t down long, but nonetheless it WAS down. I don’t know … Continue reading →

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29.71529 N, 95.47829 W — Burnett-Bayland Park

Posted on 24 May 15 by rcmckee

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

Posted on 22 Apr 15 by rcmckee

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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Cooling my heels… and other body parts, too….

Posted on 23 Feb 15 by rcmckee

Been camped in Mom’s back room for a few days doing the stuff you do when your elders get elderlier, and woke up this morning to find Fort Worth gone all winter wonderland and whatnot…. That’s not actually snow, it’s … Continue reading →

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Forward into the past…

Posted on 02 Feb 15 by rcmckee

When I first got serious about black and white photography I spent days wandering the Arboretum in Memorial Park and some of the back trails at Brazos Bend. (This was a while back, long before there WERE digital cameras.) It … Continue reading →

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Onward, into the fog….

Posted on 01 Jan 15 by rcmckee

Last week I was wandering around at Bastrop, looking at fire damage and getting depressed. Then I found these guys, and they reminded me that there’s nothing to be sad about. It’s just the Wheel turning. Sometimes you’re on top … Continue reading →

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

Posted on 07 Dec 14 by rcmckee

And so I found out, courtesy of several people’s careless FuBar posts, that a kind of shirttail relative (my sister’s daughter’s significant other, which makes him I don’t know what to me but he’s reasonably cool so I don’t worry … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 05 Dec 14 by rcmckee

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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Steampunk

Posted on 22 Nov 14 by rcmckee

I keep an eye on the doings over at the East End Studio Gallery, because it’s run by some of Houston’s more talented East End Artists, and although I don’t make it over there as often as I ought to … Continue reading →

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