The Shriner
The Shriner’s were in San Antonio this year for their annual convention. They’ve been doing all sorts of things all weekend and ended their visit today with a parade past The Alamo and through downtown. I saw this man sitting on a stool and it just looked so icon to me with his surroundings and...
A place for prayer
I noticed her sitting out there all by herself. She seemed so at peace. Sister Mary Louise Barba was sitting next to Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence’s new labyrinth with a book on her lap and her eyes to the horizon. “It’s really special,” Sister Barba said. “To see them all on their hands and...
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Oh Christmas tree…
Here’s some more Christmas goodness (yeah, I got ALOT of time on my hands all of a sudden). As I sit on the couch and flip though channels on the TV, finding nothing to watch as I fiddle with the rabbit ears to pull in a signal, I’m reminded of those days when I was...
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Merry Christmas ya’ll! (or, the year I celebrated my third annual Happy Thanksgiving part 2)
Well another year has gone by, and this blog has been way too dead for way too long (again). Since my last post much as changed, I’m now working at the Midland Daily News as part of my first rotation with the Hearst Fellowship. While I’m learning to better my craft and learn a few...
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3 is the magic number, and 3 3s is mo magic-er
It’s my 333 post here on SLR! Why does that matter? Wow, way to be a jerk, but if you must know it doesn’t really. But 3 is my lucky number and thus 333 posts is kind of something special for my neurosis. You happy now? Feel like a big man taking all the wind...
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Goodbye ABQ, on the road again
Well I stayed longer than I thought I would (but I’m not complaining), but now it’s time to move on. My ABQ chapter is officially in the books. Whenever I go somewhere new, I always end up taking lots of pictures, noticing tons of things and writing a ton… I’ve been stepping aside, pulling over...
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Time out Tuesday… On The Road
With MultimediaShooter down and out for the count, I haven’t been able to get my Koci travelogue fix in quite a while, which is harsh because it’s messing with my pre-trip vibe. See, I always watched some of those before a trip just to get me in the right mind set, but now those are...
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Ivan ends up on Time.com
Old friend and SJSU alum Ivan Kashinsky recently had a story published on Time magazine’s Web site. Ivan documented Pablo Fajardo, a lawyer who represents 30,000 Ecuadorians in a lawsuit against the oil giant Chevron. The lawsuit alleges that Texaco, acquired by Chevron in 2001, left behind oil waste pits during the eighteen years in...
I finally get Twitter! I believe! I believe!
I was an early adopter of Twitter, signing up for it in the wake of the buzz it created at South by Southwest 2007, but I didn’t write anything for a couple weeks, unsure of what I could use it for or even who would care what I had to say. At the time I...
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It’s World Press Day, my friend says hi
A good friend from Albuquerque reminds me today is World Press Day and sent me this e-mail to make the occasion. I thought was pretty awesome of her and thought I’d share the joy. (Plus it gives me a chance to try out the video capture function of my new image capture program.) Enjoy! *Edit/update…...
