Thoughts Out of Season I ran across this photo and quote from Pablo Picasso that someone posted on FaceBook, and it reminded me of how postmodern mysticism manifests within the photography world: “Every child is an artist. The problem is…
Category: Thoughts Out Of Season

What Memorial Day Means to Me
What Memorial Day means to me My grandfather, Charles Ross Jines entered life eternal at 9:40 PM, Fathers Day, June 19, 2005. He was born to Charles Sr. and Lillian Jines on January 21, 1916. During the Great Depression, Charles…

An Awesome Day…
What an awesome day. I took Bertha down to Corona where I worked my ass off taking the old house apart. A good friend stopped to help, and we had a few good laughs about how fucked up the world…

Good morning #NewMexico!
In the coolness of the desert morning my love she calls to me, awake! awake! awake! my love, for the day is ours to see!

4:05 AM… The desert is glowing bright…
4:05 AM… The desert is glowing bright as day in response to Moonlight’s loving gaze, as the dry grasses rattle in rhythmic rhyme, dancing in a sort of wild celebration of the early morning air.

The Moon Is So Bright… 3:33 AM
The moon is so bright this morning, I could pound nails in the dark without striking a finger. I just fired-up the old wood stove to help dispel the chill from the early morning desert air. It’s an old coal potbelly…

A gentle rain…
A gentle rain patters across the matted grass, as the black of night’s darkness gives way to the Dawning of the day.

5:22 am… Into the open arms of the World…
5:22 am… I leave now the place of my birth, the home of my youth, and throw myself into the open arms of the World…