What to do with a Garage Full of Sugar
Brown sugar, raw sugar, confectionary sugar, sugar in boxes, sugar in bags –both plastic and paper- and sugar in shakers; all stored on my cluttered garage shelving next to paint cans and lawn trimmers. How did such a menagerie of sweet products from the leading name in sugar end up on the same shelf as week killers?
Ft. Stockton’s KCM&O’s Deserted Freight Train Station
The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, started in 1900 by American railroad entrepreneur Arthur Edward Stilwell, was the predecessor to the Chihuahua al Pacífico railroad in Mexico. It was one of three connecting railroads that ran from Kansas City, Missouri, to Topolobampo, Mexico, a distance of 1,600 miles.
Gran Quivira – Salinas Pueblo Missions
Gran Quivira is just one of three sites protected by the National park Service in this area. Within a half-hour’s drive are Abo and Quarai. All three are units of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.
White Sands National Park: Like No Place Else on Earth
The drive from El Paso to White Sands took less than a hour and a half, especially when a chronic early riser like myself leaves at 5:30am. My arrival at the park at 6:50am was timed perfectly, missing the guard at the park entrance by 10 minutes – a free visit.
Who Really Owns Your Photos in Social Media
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo announced June 1 that the company was partnering with Photobucket to make it easy to share photos at Twitter.com. Seattle attorney Katherine Hendricks advises photographers to “think carefully about the risk of losing control” over their photographs.
Dallas-Based Williams Financial’s New Visual Website
Any financial website has to be visually boring -not so with the newly designed site for Dallas-based Williams Financial Group. The privately held Dallas-based financial services firm took a fresh creative approach when designing their new site.
Northeast Trip to NYC and Mitchell College
My son Alex and I had more days of the former than the later on a recent trip to New York and New London, CT. After arriving in New York on a beautiful spring day, we headed to New London to check out Mitchell College, a institution of higher learning that excels in helping students with learning disabilities succeed.
Lallo Photography – Visual Brand Journalism
The rise of brand journalism has created a need for a new type of photographer, one that understands the need of storytelling visuals to illustrate the story of a brand. Ed Lallo is the ” Visual Brand Journalist, and LalloPhotography.com is the new web address to view his work.
Brian Lanker and the Topeka Capital-Journal Photo Staff
Recently I learned of the unexpected death of former Capital-Journal photographer Brian Lanker. Brian, who won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography while at the Capital Journal in 1973, died from pancreatic cancer at his Eugene, Oregon home. He was 63.
Turn Around, Don’t Drown
Central Texas is often called “Flash Flood Alley” because of the frequent, intense storms that turn slow flowing streams into raging rivers that overflow low-lying roadways. The “big ones” seem to happen every decade.
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