For those of you who haven’t encountered Art Cars before, They look sort of like this, sometimes. Imagine if you will an automobile (ranging from fairly new to very old, very broken, and barely functional, about six or eight steps past “jalopy”) acquired by a human (ranging from barely able …
Rumors of our demise are somewhat overstated. But the next piece here has some learning and some more research to be done, so it’s taking longer than I thought. Learning comes slower these days; I think my brain’s getting full. Or stuck. Or something. Anyway, here’s a sneak preview. And …
This week I caught a ride on another of my favorite time machines, just down the road from Fanthorp Inn. I hadn’t been to Barrington Farm over Christmas before, so when I learned there was a spare seat to their Christmas festivities, I grabbed cameras and jumped for it. Y’know, …
Been a little slack around the TOT disk drive lately…. lots of other things going on, not much time or money for chasing down stories. It’s eased a bit, though, so I decided to take a little jaunt back to Fanthorp Inn, which is still hanging out in the vicinity …
Once again I headed over to the San Jacinto Day Battle Re-enactment. Once again, the Mexicans held to their old failed tactics. Once again, the Mexicans lost. Badly. I talked to a couple of the survivors after the event and they told me they were hoping to deploy some secret …
Greatly Exaggerated. (Cue Monty Python guy … “I’m not dead yet.”) Trying to learn things and find focus points and niches, and keep the rent paid at the same time. It’s, well, interesting. And busy. But every April, I make it a point to visit the San Jacinto Battleground Monument …
A week after the Renaissance Festival run ends, the Galveston Historical Foundation holds their festival, Dickens On The Strand, a single-weekend street festival celebrating the city’s Victorian-era history and trade. The appeal is similar to the Renaissance Festival, and I noticed several Renaissance players following their seven weeks of work …
You have arrived at the new Highly Classified Very Very Secret Thing In Process. Which is still sort of In Process, but it’s been Under Wraps long enough that it needs a little bit of air, and it’s starting to take some more serious shape, so it’s time for a …
We begin this new madcap adventure with photo essays, one major and one minor, covering events that are anything BUT “Traditional Texas.” “Why?” you ask. I’m SO glad you asked that. It’s just this: I’m primarily a camera guy. Don’t misunderstand – I like words. I read a lot and …