Category Archives: mental meanderings

Lessons part 1

Posted on 26 Apr 14 by rcmckee

One of the wonderful things about my job is I never know quite what I’m going to learn from day to day, but almost every time I go out looking at an interesting story I learn something else odd, usually … Continue reading →

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Forward into the past…

Posted on 14 Mar 14 by rcmckee

Gonna take a stroll into the stone age by way of the Houston Museum of Natural Science. C’mon. Ride along. (“It’ll be fun, he said…”) Our journey back begins at the top of the stairs. Big fan of stairs. Gotta … Continue reading →

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Confession

Posted on 11 Nov 13 by rcmckee

Not sure how much it counts as a confession when everyone I’ve ever met has known it since the beginning, but… I’m a borderline bookaholic. No, I’m not a collector exactly; collectors worry about editions and conditions and provenance and … Continue reading →

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29.64753 N, 95.347574 W… Saturday in the Park

Posted on 06 Oct 13 by rcmckee

With Guitarist. Now, you can say what you like about Ricardo Sweatt Rodriguez, but he’s an experienced traveller. And he brought his guitar along with the case, to share music and a beautiful evening at the Willow Waterhole Greenspace. I … Continue reading →

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29.802697, 95.407564 (roughly)

Posted on 07 Jul 13 by rcmckee

So Saturday night hits and all of my plans have quietly blown themselves to tiny bits… leaving me free to take a quick run up to the Heights for Mitch Cohen’s First Saturday Arts Market. I was actually hoping to … Continue reading →

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It has been brought to my attention

Posted on 18 Sep 12 by rcmckee

That I have not posted here in over a month. For which I apologize, more or less. However. I can explain. SmugMug, which has been hosting the extended galleries behind the blog here, has raised their hosting fee far beyond … Continue reading →

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Books and new cameras..

Posted on 07 Dec 10 by rcmckee

A few days ago, a friend and colleague mentioned that she had a number of old books dating back, in some cases, to the late 19th century, and asked if I knew where she might find out if they had … Continue reading →

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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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EPO comes through

Posted on 26 Jan 08 by rcmckee

with a nice little Serpac case, about 10 x 12 inches, 3 inches deep, perfect size for camera and a dozen or so rolls of film. The sun came out for a few hours this afternoon and I was able … Continue reading →

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Timing. Timing is everything. Mine is erratic.

Posted on 23 Jan 08 by rcmckee

Well, the new camera is here… and it’s absolutely gorgeous. 5 days from Hong Kong, including a weekend and a US holiday, is very very good. And it’s RAINING for a week or so, according to the Weather Channel. Officially … Continue reading →

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