Vocalist Merry Clayton delivers hope in "Gimme Shelter" — December 5, 1969 — through a dark gospel plea wrapped with armageddon, her voice a thunder crack at 3:01, shaking the empty pews.
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"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from a single thing that I wanted to do."
Georgia O'Keeffe
Read MoreI've always kept notes, bits of thought, turns of a phrase heard, borrowed, or mine that one day will manifest a country song filled with ghosts, the unsavory outskirts of town, and a train or two. This last trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, in so far as note gathering and eating, was more than rewarding.
Read MoreIn typical New Orleans fashion, the battle features food, music, a dash of debauchery, and barrels of rum.
Read MoreThe warnings are never enough. Haphazardly jammed into the San Jose sand, salt-encrusted signs caution in Spanish: No hay socorrista presente.
No lifeguard on duty, gringo; you're on your own.
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Read More“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” - Johnny Cash
Read MoreHe's a putt-putt wizard
There has got to be a twist
A putt-putt wizard's
Got such a supple wrist
Read More“For the first time in my life, I slept out in the open air. During the night it rained a little but not enough to wet us to any extent. Got up early enough in the morning to get our breakfast, & commence photographing as soon as the sun rose.”
Thomas Moran, 1871.
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Hammock Beach, Florida Bay
Key Largo, Florida
A pretty good example of the iPhone 12 Pro Max’s internal video stabilization IMHO.
Read MoreTennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be.
Baby won't you carry me back to Tennessee.
Read MoreBuilding an archive of some of Denver's best places to photograph your favorite people.
#1 on the list is Denver Botanic Gardens hands down!
Read MoreZion National Park, Utah.
Read MoreJust launched a new website focusing on vehicle-assisted overland travel and outdoor lifestyle.
Read MoreThe desaturated landscape surrounding the Amache Japanese-American Relocation Center, better known to the world as Camp Amache, reflects a sad texture in American history.
Read MoreDown and out in a rocky and remote Vernal, Utah draw.
Read MoreA political sign sums up what the majority of the nation has lived through for four years.
Read MoreIt all starts with a trickle of snowmelt, then a rush down the mountainside. Crystal clear and cold, the meandering Middle Fork South Platte River provides Colorado with the lush grassland basins of Park County.
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