el paso daily photo blog by chacal la chaise

AND SOMETIMES, IT'S TIME TO RETURN AND BE PART OF THE LARGER WORLD.  Between the first of 2023 and February 14, I painted many watercolor sketches to give to friends and family for Valentine's...

http://www.chacal.us/2023/02/sometimes-you-need-to-get-away-from-it.html

And, my voice came through the mic just fine. Thanks and hugs to Amit Ghosh, editor of the project and founder of the Bordersenses Literary Journal. May the memory of my friend Donna Snyder be ...

http://www.chacal.us/2021/10/under-spotlight-reading-my-entry-evils.html

With attention on Britney Spears and the conservatorship that holds her emotionally, physically, monetarily, and psychologically imprisoned, one memoir sticks out: Frances Farmer’s autobiog...

http://www.chacal.us/2021/06/will-there-really-be-morning-farmer.html

Note: If you can get your hands on St. Clair's book, "The Secret Lives of Color ," go for it! It's absolutely beautiful and wonderfully written and organized. It's up there with Victoria Findley...

http://www.chacal.us/2020/03/note-if-you-can-get-your-hands-on-st.html

Note: A member of the Facebook El Paso Memories group posted a picture of the now privately-held Pershing Theatre, and that opened a time and space portal for me. All first run Disney movies we...

http://www.chacal.us/2019/07/pershing-drive-and-time-spent-there.html

Most likely this little bee is a Buckfast, referred to as “the mutt of the beekeeping world,” Beepods Beepods explains that, “Buckfast Bee stock is named for the location of its hybr...

http://www.chacal.us/2019/06/too-many-bees-or-adventures-in-feral.html

Twitterscope: You may begin a project with an assertive surge, but conditions are quick to temper your approach...Work with the cosmic momentum, not against it. You can reach your destination if ...

http://www.chacal.us/2019/04/take-your-child-to-work-day-was-take.html

> Glad to hear of its return, and reminds me of #MilagroBeanFieldWar >  > with its disembodied apendage, #elbrazoOnofre >  > like a milagro charm depicting an arm, truck...

http://www.chacal.us/2019/02/lost-guitars-google-book-searches.html

WHAT IS AND WHY THE NEED FOR SUPERB OWL SUNDAY? Hearkening to information that covers copyright infringement and fair use in general and specifically for commercial use, many announcers for c...

http://www.chacal.us/2019/02/to-students-what-is-and-why-need-for.html

IN MANY FAMILIES, conversations revolve around lore and tradition origins during the holidays. A couple of years ago at a family reunion meeting, I learned the whole, or at least more of the a s...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/11/turkey-by-taxi_22.html

Sunday, November 4, was my mother-in-law Lucille’s birthday. She would have been 101. I say this because one of her proudest moments was how she lent a Royal like this to her neighbor.  Mr...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/11/lucille-and-royal.html

Previously known only to those from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this cocktail  was brought to El Paso, Texas in the late 1950s by the late, Stanley E. Drapes, Major Ret USA  especially for his wi...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/10/perfect-brandy-manhattan-recipe.html

> "Come on... >  .....................  >  .....................  >  ...................................................... > Ted."#Whataburger >  > #richardlinklater >  > @BetoORo...

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This afternoon a juvenile deer walked through our backyard from the arroyo and went next door for a snack. Usually, we have about six adults and this summer saw two babies in the arroyo with thei...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/10/snacks-for-little-deer.html

#TBTuesday #bravocotton by Rainbow Gallery #wildflowers by The Caron Gallery #needleart #linencanvas #plasticcanvas #metallicthreads #needlepoint #dimentionalstitches   

http://www.chacal.us/2018/09/threads-box-wip.html

This program serves as a supplement for veterans returning to school after their service. It aims to assist those in First Year Composition, but may help veterans in all their writing life stag...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/09/student-veterans-writing-program-at-utep.html

Exhibition Link on Wix If you are in town from Thursday, September 6 to October 26, 2018, please stop in to see all the wonderful photographers' works which will be on display along with my ...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/08/foto-frontera-at-la-fe-cultural-and.html

When a relative greatly disappoints, go to Costco, gas up the vehicle. Then, go inside and buy a big box of strawberries 🍓, some shrimp 🦐 , and avocados 🥑.  Then come home and make st...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/06/it-had-to-come-at-some-point.html

My dad was a retail camera buyer for a local department store. Previously and immediately after high school he worked as a darkroom technician for a portrait studio and then a drug store.  In ...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/05/aluminum-35mm-film-canisters.html

Accompanying an announcement reminding students a draft was due soon, this image was included with a note about the deer that live nearby. Added here is a collage of one of several skunks who li...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/04/with-whom-we-share-out-lands-mule-deer.html

In between reviewing student assignments and meeting with them, I was catching up on newsletter reading. The Twisted Sifter always provides interesting posts about visual artistry and how it int...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/04/photography-and-vintage-film.html

RECENTLY, I'VE BEEN SHARING WHAT I CALL SIDEBARS, RANDOM INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL ITEMS OF INTEREST. I SEND THE INFORMATION ALONG WHEN I SEND ANNOUNCEMENTS TO STUDENTS VIA BLACKBOARD. THIS WAS TH...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/04/recently-ive-been-sharing-what-i-call.html

Usually, activities are set up to discuss the discourse communities in which we are members. Students realize that they overlap with one another, or that they are members of similar kinds of gr...

http://www.chacal.us/2018/03/discourse-communities-essay-for-my.html

Today, I am at UTEP 's University Writing Center, located in the Main Library, participating with others in the International Write-In , sponsored by Swarthmore College. I plan to be  here fr...

http://www.chacal.us/2017/12/international-write-in-for-2017-at.html

Much like the time he fell into the badly covered and abandoned pool next door, he missing a day until meowing back to my call for him, Buddy was King until the end—dignified, even annoyed at...

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