August 2010

The Blind Leading the…sled?

August 29, 2010
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Yesterday, I was sent to Merkel to cover the inaugural (they called it the “first annual,” but I like to hedge my bets on these things) Merkel Tractor Pull, an official event sanctioned by the Texas Antique Tractor Pullers Association. My last two assignments could be the start of a book: Country Folk + Mechanized [...]

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Out of Town

August 27, 2010

It’s been quiet around here lately. The biggest reason is that, following the mud bog, I took off for a few days to Mexico for some R&R with my wife, who just graduated from nursing school. My choices were to stay in Abilene and post images to the blog, or this: I intentionally left my [...]

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Post-Assignment

August 15, 2010

As a freelancer, I do 99.5% of my work remotely. I have been in the newsroom, for work, exactly twice in the past 3 years. Mostly I shoot photos and get my interviews, and then head back to my “home office” to process and transmit. Occasionally, due to deadline pressures, I have to file from [...]

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Colorado City Mud Bog

August 14, 2010
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Yesterday afternoon, I loaded up my cameras and my laptop and headed west to Colorado… …City, that is. Colorado City, Texas lies about 30 miles west of Sweetwater. That, and the fact that they have a stock show in January is about the sum total of my knowledge of the town. But, I was sent [...]

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My Boss Went to England

August 12, 2010
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And all I got was this pencil sharpener. Which is good, because I enjoy a sharp pencil, and this is infinitely more useful for sharpening pencils than, say, a stupid t-shirt. Taken with Camera+ (using the rejected VolumeSnap feature…shame on you, Apple) and my iPhone 4.

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