Tag Archives: Texas

Blair Pittman 1937 – 2016

Posted on 11 Oct 16 by rcmckee

Blair Pittman February 12, 1937 – October 10, 2016 Good friend, mentor, travel partner, companion in crime (They never could catch us…) Rest easy, my friend… see you soon….

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Oops….

Posted on 30 Jun 16 by rcmckee

Says right here in Blogging for Dummies that I need to post regularly, certainly more often than every couple of months. Of course it also says that when you’ve been blogging for several years and your regular audience is in … 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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32.76092N; 97.23616W

Posted on 07 Nov 15 by rcmckee

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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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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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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