Posts In Category Photography

Dust, Ash, And Memphis Mud

on January 27, 2010 by alchemystic in American Upbeat, Photography, Rim Shot, Comments (1)

I remember way back, sitting at the kitchen table, Dad sitting across from me, his face buried in the morning paper, peering up from above the page he says to […]

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After The Blue Moon, What Next?

on January 12, 2010 by alchemystic in American Upbeat, Photography, Comments Off

I had a little time in Santa Barbara to begin to reflect on this, grabbing a smoke, the last smoke break on the Coast Starlight, New Years Day, on my […]

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A Bolt Of Lightning, And Silent Thunder

on January 11, 2010 by alchemystic in American Upbeat, Photography, Comments Off

Driving up the hill, to a home nesteled within, pulling into a drive, a lightning bolt struck across the concrete, its clear, I’m not in Montana anymore. Don’t get me […]

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Disappointments

on December 5, 2009 by alchemystic in American Downbeat, American Upbeat, Photography, Comments Off

They all seem to come from expectations, I wonder if that is what EST was all about, to expect nothing, to just let it be. So anyhow, I live on […]

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Fire And Clay

on November 14, 2009 by alchemystic in American Upbeat, Photography, Comments Off

North of Los Angeles, about 250 miles, is the Hearst Castle at San Simeon, built atop a mountain, a place Randolph Hurst had spent much time as a boy, the […]

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Hermits

on August 6, 2009 by alchemystic in American Upbeat, Photography, Comments (2)

In Philadelphia, there is a guy I know who is a Hermit, not by any label that has been attached to him, but an Ordained Hermit of the Catholic Church. […]

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After Forty Years

on August 5, 2009 by alchemystic in American Upbeat, Photography, Comments (3)

Forty years had been kind to her, the last time we were together, she was looking pretty ragged, her skin seemed to be just flapping in the wind. It seemed […]

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Bonus Tax!!!

on August 2, 2009 by alchemystic in American Downbeat, Photography, Rim Shot, Comments Off

The solution for this is pretty simple, an opportunity for us as a country, to fund our way out of this mess. Maybe a place to start, is any bonus […]

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Pray For Mice

on July 31, 2009 by alchemystic in American Upbeat, Photography, Comments (1)

I had moved into a three story farm house, way out in the country. A lot of horse farms were near by, as well as fields of corn. Just to […]

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Photography and Fishing!!!!

on July 29, 2009 by alchemystic in American Upbeat, Photography, Comments Off

Astro just about jumped out of her coat, as rifle fire echoed through the valley. I guess the trackers were on the job, we had been told they would be […]

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