On Thursday September 25th I met my students at the Kauffman Center. I feel the place challenges them with light, color, line, and composition. On this evening the lights are covered with red gels. Made for an interesting color combination.
On Friday September 26th I treated myself to a Dr. John concert at Grinders. I was looking forward to it, as I missed him in NOLA back in April. He did not disappoint. A little slow on the walking, but the music went straight to my soul and brought back …
Family portraits of the Maurers before a night out. My nephew’s senior portrait. Such a handsome young man.
Every evening at dusk the whole of Austin and visitors from around the world come together on the river, coastline and on the South Congress Street bridge to watch the Mexico free-tail bat spectacle. I have been told this is largest cloud of bats in North America. It was fascinating.
I work with a woman, who, through all she does; maintains a great attitude about life. She brings in sunshine and along with that a little spice. OK, hot peppers.
My lovely neighbor Delores. She will stand here at the end of the evening with her dog barking at her side.
On Friday, August 8th my employer treated those of us who wanted to go, to the Balloon Fest. It was a perfect event to document our culture in action. I enjoyed documenting the parents with their children who were in amazed awe, excited with energy (probably from the sugar), and …
I had the great pleasure of hangin’ out with these great people and listening to Merry Quackenbush, Sonie Joi Ruffin, and Glenn North discuss key pieces of work telling the story of the Civil Rights movement in Kansas City. The discussion by Sonie and the poem by Glenn really tugged …