BurningbirdThere is more to the South than Mardi Gras, Blues, Cajun cooking, and white guys with confederate flags in the back of their trucks. Photos from Cairo, Illinois. Tenth Street Eighth Street Cairo had two strongly distinctive faces. On the one hand, there’s been an attempt to restore much of the history of the town, […]
I thought I would point you to several photos being uploaded to Weather Underground, here and here now associated with search and rescue in New Orleans as well as the coast of Mississippi. One of the photos shows Gulfport, or what was left of the town. When I drove to Florida this last spring, I had planned on staying […]
Here it is, the week before Labor Day weekend and I only now find out that the Missouri Botanical Gardens have been open to 8pm every Wednesday between Memorial Day and Labor Day. At least last night I was able to go and attempt a little dusk photography–helped along by finding the part that attaches […]
Yesterday started out with mist. From my hotel room, I could see the building that houses the Welk shows, and beyond that, the mists over the river leading away from the Table Rock Dam. When I got to the Dam, most of it was closed, as it was too early. I found one place that […]
The time, 5:15 pm, August 19th. The place, St. Louis, Missouri…. “Good afternoon campers, and welcome to GeekCamp 2005!” Happy Camper One: “Yeah, yeah, hi, hi, where’s the air conditioning?” Happy Camper Two: “It is so hot, my fucking TiBook is melting.” Happy Camper Three: “Hey, don’t stand so close! You’re sweating on my iPod!” […]