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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - Union MO

Moonrise over Rio Grande Cliffs, Caballo Lake State Park, NM, May 4, 2012
Moonrise over Rio Grande Cliffs, Caballo Lake State Park, NM, May 4, 2012

Practice, practice

This was taken the night of May 4, 2012, the night before the big moonrise of the year everyone was so eager to capture. Back on my post after that big night I indicated I hoped I got a few interesting shots of the moonrise and I'd like to think I did. Tomorrow I'll start posting a short series of my favorites here as I wander eastward toward Red Rock.

Night camp

Wal-Mart Supercenter in Union MO

Walmart Supercenter Store #21, 185 Saint Robert Blvd, Saint Robert, MO 65584 - (573) 336-5103

Concentrated Space Intensifies Everything

A small, concentrated domestic space intensifies everything. It’s like the fire we live around—move it close together and the flame flares up, spread it apart and the fire goes out. We have always lived in small houses, but this one is the smallest and the best. Here I feel all my loose and wandering thoughts are gathered up and made whole. It is an antidote to a world of distractions. It is a world unto itself. It is almost more myself than I am.’

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