— casual missives from under that big red sun

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Oregon Again, the Pretty Woman Behind Every Waterfall, Photographic Verisimilitude, and Animated Photographs

Post author By jim owens
Post date August 1, 2026

One of the small houses of Neskowin, the delightful tiny village along the central coast. © Jim Owens

This writing finds me back in northern Utah at what appears to be the end of that difficult part of Summer when monsoonal rains kick down soaring temperatures. This breaking point is invariably well received, at least by me. In Southern Nevada things are still boiling with some of the hottest weather they have had […]

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my inner canadian, little rhody, another upcoming trip, and more park city photography

Post author By jim owens
Post date June 23, 2026

Back in the day. © Jim Owens

I was all good to go with writing this post on an airplane headed for Nevada, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island but things happened. Actually the movie Amelie which I had never seen was on the menu for the longer flight and so I forgot about this little ditty. Excellent movie. I remember it […]

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sweet home chicago, remoteness, the vice-president, and the informed flaneur

Post author By jim owens
Post date July 31, 2023

One of many photos of the Chicago river and environs from this seven day trip to the city. © Jim Owens

What a long strange trip it has been. The original plan was for a quick in-and-out for two people over three days to catch a ball game and use up some airline credits that were in need of being used up by a certain date. Simple right. Not so much. The trip had evolved. In […]

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nashville, country music, a son of the south, the end of the python tunnel, and more on ai

Post author By jim owens
Post date June 5, 2023

Ah. Sigh. What a fun long weekend. We spent Memorial Day in Nashville, Tennessee. Not my idea. I was just tagging along. But a grand idea regardless. We were lucky with the weather and the layout of the town suits our desire to walk everywhere very well. We had a rental car which we didn’t […]

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Turning The Page

Post author By jim owens
Post date October 31, 2022

What began as a great summer ended up being precisely that. I am hoping that the Summer months of extreme heat and smoke are a thing of the past for the Intermountain west, although I highly doubt it. At the very least this Summer proved to be a reprieve from what had become my expectation […]