Tag Archives: Houston

Never Grow Up.

Posted on 22 Feb 18 by rcmckee

Way back when, on or about the occasion of my 45th birthday, one of my adopted brothers gave me one of those poured stone coasters for my coffee mug. Molded into the top was the fine slogan If you haven’t … Continue reading →

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Update and apology…

Posted on 16 Sep 17 by rcmckee

I’m sorry. I’ve been very quiet for a while now (and TOT is almost on hiatus) for a couple of reasons, one of which I’m STILL not at liberty to discuss just now, and the other being the visit of … Continue reading →

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27.7445N: 95.3860W

Posted on 10 Apr 17 by rcmckee

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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29.72202 N, 95.38975 W,

Posted on 28 Feb 16 by rcmckee

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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You gotta be off to see the wizard….

Posted on 19 Dec 15 by rcmckee

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

Posted on 20 Nov 15 by rcmckee

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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Fiestas Patrias

Posted on 20 Sep 15 by rcmckee

It seems sometimes that close to half the countries south of Texas celebrate their independence from one colonial power or another within a very few days. Some of this is history, some is coincidence, but what it means is there’s … Continue reading →

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In the moment….

Posted on 25 Aug 15 by rcmckee

One of the risks of doing “hyper-local*” media work is that if you don’t make a constant effort to look out past the horizon, your universe gets very small. A few weeks ago I noticed in passing that a delegation … Continue reading →

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Training II

Posted on 12 Aug 15 by rcmckee

“Boooooo-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrr-dddddddd!!!!!!” (Five letters. Three syllables. Impressive.) Okay. I clamber into the front seat of the second coach, where I have a clear view of the engine on the curves, and settle in with the camera bag beside me. Wooo! Wooo-wooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! … Continue reading →

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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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