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Crowded out by more robust tools, typewriters have vanished from our desks. But not our back yards.

Looking for some unique new traditions? Here are seven ways to celebrate Christmas Texas-Style, like they do in Austin, Texas.

There’s a saying in real estate, that it’s all about location. Location. Location. Location. It’s just as true in writing historical novels.

Take the annual Weird Austin Homes Tour and see for yourself. Weird Homes Welcome | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander ©2016 Welcome. Let’s...

In 2008, as today, the building cranes loomed everywhere in Austin, giving us an unusual skyline and giving me my Vanishing Austin series.

Austin Business Journal made it “official” four years ago, in its year-end issue: Austin’s Been Vanishing Over the Last 30 Years. As...

“The days of exploration of Shackleton and Scott are long gone. Everything has been climbed, crossed, done. Now what we’re exploring are...

What RGB Means To Me Here’s what RGB means to me today: My cranky Epson R1800 printer demanded more difficult-to-find $20 ink cartridges...

All Lit Up: The ever-vivid Frost Tower is a Texas banking icon and a nighttime beacon, standing tall over Austin's Warehouse District.

Whitley’s Went. And then came the tower. ©2011 by Jann Alexander ‘In the heart of downtown Austin , at the intersection of 3rd & Brazos,...

Vanishing Austin? On Guard at the Pub by Jann Alexander ©2012 “One night, on the stage at the same time, there was Bonnie Raitt, Eric...

Fresh Dagger   iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2015 Fresh?  These photo challenges are becoming easier than taking candy from a baby,...

Now Appearing at Lady Bird Lake: Stevie Ray and The Cranes | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2015 Born again! Backed by a new band,...

Mean Cat Meets Condo by Jann Alexander © 2010 As Austin, Texas marks its 175th birthday, and as we head into another boom year for...

The local newspaper, the  Austin American-Statesman,  calls the Blue Genie Art Bazaar “simply the hippest holiday art fair in town.” So...

Shop for my art prints at the Blue Genie Art Bazaar in Austin, Texas “Simply the hippest holiday art fair in town” —the  Austin...

Last Stop in Casas Grandes: Mission Mexico Photo Painting by Jann Alexander ©2014 From my new collection, Mission Mexico Photo...

Playing Favorites by Jann Alexander © 2014 One of the biggest thrills for a photographer of cityscapes like mine (in Austin, Texas) is...

Dive into The Shoe by Jann Alexander © 2013 Not so much a word as a symbol, and yet, a symbol of what? Of the letter U? Of the shoe on a...

Shakespeare Speaks in Austin by Jann Alexander © 2014 Recent research indicates that Shakespeare spent his formative years in Austin,...