Josephine "Grandma Hosa" Fasnacht Pitts |
I like taking pictures of doors.
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.
William Blake
But the man who comes back through the Door in the Wa...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:52:00 GMT |
the beauty that lies beneath the Nueces Bay Causeway |
Artistic beauty can be discovered in some of the most overlooked places. In this case it is the underside of a causeway and the symmetry of the bridge supports - the vertical, diagonal, horizont...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:15:00 GMT |
in a cemetery in Gregory, Texas |
click here to add a description " hideTimer="157864039">The highway has always gone past this cemetery and so have I. One day I finally stopped. The day was April 5, 2008. I fell in love with...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:10:00 GMT |
A Drive Through Gods Country and the Poor Side of Town |
Sunday, February 17, 2008 and Sunday, February 24th were beautiful days for a drive to Sabinal, Texas. My former brother in law (my ex-wife's brother) has been my friend for thirty years and he ...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:43:00 GMT |
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy |
One day, during the Spring of 2007, I walked into Barnes and Noble looking for something new to read. As I perused the new releases in paperback, I spied the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Cormac McCa...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:06:00 GMT |
Remember Pearl Harbor Like Texans Remember the Alamo |
I have been teaching U. S. History for most of the past 36 years. On this date, I always prepare a special lesson in my history classes that focuses on the attack on Pearl Harbor. Polls ha...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:25:00 GMT |
Veterans Day or Armistice Day as it was originally called |
From the Evening Picket Wire, November 7, 1918
WAR IS OVER
That was the headline of the November 7, 1918 edition of the Trinidad, Colorado newspaper. In pencil someone had scribbled that the hea...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:48:00 GMT |
Art Deco on Ocean Drive and other thoughts |
Saturday, October 27, 2007 was a beautiful day in Corpus Christi. It was cool and clear and the humidity was very low. I got up early, drank some coffee and headed out the door seeking ins...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:29:00 GMT |
Former Inhabitants of My Hood of the Past 17 Years |
I moved into this house in 1990, one year after my Dad died. Like my mom's neighborhood, it was full of men and women who survived the Great Depression and World War II. Charlie lived next...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:55:00 GMT |
The Former Inhabitants of the Hood of My Childhood |
For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it. To speak critically, I never received more than one or two letters in ...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:46:00 GMT |
