The clouds that brought snow the night before were breaking up…and I enjoyed the contrast between the softness of those clouds and the hard edges of a building at the orchard.
North Star Orchards
Madison, Maine
photographed 3.21.2026
What fresh hell is this?
(my thought upon seeing this
doll and wedding veil)
Amarillo, Texas
photographed 1.18.2025
#haiku #poetry
over at Jen’s place
This? Oh just a totally picturesque New England scene I saw last month.
It had snowed the night before and by early afternoon the sky was clearing, the sun was out, and the snow was melting. It was lovely and I felt right at home.
North Star Orchards
Madison, Maine
3.21.2026
These orbs seem to think
the world is either black or
white: no other choice.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
photographed 11.24.2021
#haiku #poetry
You might be one of the people who think an Irish fiddle group is out of place at a German restaurant. I would probably be with you on that, except that I saw/heard it for myself. And in context, it made perfect sense.
The Biergarten
Skowhegan, Maine
photographed 3.19.2026
water drops fly high
Piazza Archimede
in Siracusa
Siracusa, Sicily
photographed 2.5.2025
#travel #siracusa #sicily
It was snowing when we got back from dinner. My companions, all of whom live in New England, just went to their rooms. They’d seen snow and this was just one more normal night for them.
I stayed outside and watched the snow, took some pictures, and got really cold.
Skowhegan, Maine
3.20.2026
When I imagine
fresh bread, it always looks like
this, bathed in gold light.
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 1.27.2025
#haiku #poetry #sicily
I’m sure it’s lovely in the summer with the lights on and people and ice cream and sunburns.
But it is hard to improve on a foggy day with no one else around and a convenient opening in a fence that allows a photographer to step inside and enjoy the moment.
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
3.16.2026
More than anything else
this looked combustible: I
did not stay there long.
New Orleans, Louisiana
photographed 4.12.2023
#haiku #poetry #neworleans
This was my second visit to Old Orchard Beach; I’d been there in mid-September when it was starting to shut down for the season. I was happy to get to go back again last month: it was foggy and quiet and lonesome.
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
photographed 3.16.2026
Little girl and I
made brief and incomplete eye
contact in cheese store.
Collesano, Sicily
photographed 1.31.2025
#haiku #poetry #sicily
The other day while I was wandering around Maine I pulled into a parking lot to check the map and find out where I actually was compared to where I was more or less heading. And I saw the remains of a Sears store.
Brunswick, Maine
photographed 3.18.2026
Was the kind of heat
that dried everything out, bleached
all colors to grey.
Barstow, California
photographed 6.2.2023
#haiku #poetry #route66
It was the start of mud season, an aptly-named season if there ever was one.
near Arrowsic, Maine
photographed 3.17.2026
A chunk of ice melts
in the mouth of a dead fish –
one more market scene.
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 1.28.2025
#hailu #poetry #fishmarket #palermo #sicily
It’s the end of the month, so I figure it’s time to move on from nighttime photos of Portland. I don’t know what I’ll post next. Maybe Portland in the daytime? Or Portland in the fog? Or Portland with daytime fog?
There are so very many possibilities.
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.16.2026
Mammatus clouds are my favorite clouds ever…I saw these tonight after a celebration for my friend’s daughter who turned 22 today AND found out she was accepted into a PhD program.
I like to think the clouds were helping her celebrate!
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.30.2026
Strong winds whipped the sea
to foam, which piled in front
of me (at day’s end).
Trapani, Sicily
photographed 2.2.2025
#haiku #poetry #sicily
There’s just something about a nighttime view of a restaurant full of people…
Also, if you’re in Old Port and in need of a sweet treat, I can definitely vouch for the cookies from Standard Baking.
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.15.2026
My talented friend @vc.torneden introduced me to making monotypes…and I just can’t stop.
VC and I have our collaborative monoprint show - a new look at our Route 66 series - up through April 23 at the Charles Adams Gallery in Lubbock.
Me? Doing monoprinting? Def a plot twist!!
Fall wheat harvest left
combine trails in fields and dust
hanging in the air.
Farmington, Washington
photographed 9.3.2020
#haiku #poetry #palouse
I made two shots of this wall; I didn’t care for the first one because it had a person’s shadow on it.
Turns out, I was wrong and could have stopped with the original image, because it was more interesting.
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.16.2026
#portland #maine #night #shadows
I made this within
first few hours in Palermo –
felt like a good start.
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 1.26.2025
#haiku #poetry #streetphotography
I guess my recent frustrations with airline travel (and the fun of lots of delays) showed up when I watched the ferry to Little Diamond Island depart exactly on time. It was an amazing, unfamiliar concept.
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.16.2026
Regal gentleman
was happy to strike a few
poses. (Nice hat, too.)
Catania, Sicily
photographed 2.4.2025
#haiku #poetry #sicily #catania
In the daylight, I probably wouldn’t have given this place a second look. At night, though…
Casco Bay Ferry Terminal
Portland, Maine
photographed 3.16.2026
#portlandmaine #night
Let me be truthful:
Needles is not my preferred
spot – it had weird vibe.
Needles, California
photographed 6.1.2023
#haiku #poetry
So what happened is that our hotel was right there in the Old Port and it was so easy to wander around, day or night, to look at things and take photographs.
This was a foggy night and the simple, unintentional beauty of the area turned itself into a little body of work.
Portland, Maine
3.15.2026