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The Train That’s Not Running by Jann Alexander © 2013 Ah, orange. Even when it’s fading away on an abandoned boxcar in a South Dakota...

Arches in Valladolid by Jann Alexander © 2014 Who can resist an arch?  These arches come from Mexico and New Mexico, and are...

Teton Twilight at Colter Bay by Jann Alexander ©2014 The kayaks sat on the bank peacefully , overturned, their startling color vivid in...

A Monochrome Moment in Maine by Jann Alexander ©2014 “In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” — Aaron Rose...

Yellow Fortress , New and Modern  by Jann Alexander ©2014 The newest fortress in Acanceh , in Mexico’s Yucatán, is a yellow church that...

Mexico Textures by Jann Alexander ©2014 There’s no shortage of  texture  in Mexico’s Yucatàn. From crumbling walls to stone monasteries...

Summer’s gone wild in coastal Maine. It’s a short season for anything that blooms there, so the wildflowers make the most of it.  ♣ See...

Izamal ZigZag by Jann Alexander © 2014 You  zig here, zag there on your way up to the massive convento that sits atop a former Mayan...

Yellow by Jann Alexander ©2014 Yellow. That’s it. Just one word. Though it pains me greatly to say no more, if it’s Wednesday, it must...

Shimmering River Birches by Jann Alexander ©2014 The late afternoon sun was heading towards sundown, and a cool coastal breeze added to...

How do daily rituals confine us? And define us? Consider the intertwined rituals  of lobstermen in their pursuit of lobsters, and the...

I stumbled upon Jacob Bailey, aged 59 years and five months when he died in 1879, buried at land’s end in a tiny coastal Maine...

Show me something rusty, and I’m there. (With camera.) Pearls Before Lobster by Jann Alexander © 2014 Let me hasten to add: Rust is...

Contrast on the Waterfront by Jann Alexander ©2014 My iPhone 5s makes a pretty spectacular camera . In fact, it’s the best camera on...

Balance on the Water by Jann Alexander ©2014 Morning brings balance. The coastal Maine waters are glass—smooth, flat, and above all,...

Contrast on the Wharf by Jann Alexander © 2014 On a Harpswell wharf on the Casco Bay in Maine, the  contrast  between old traps and new...

Snowed Under in Seco by Jann Alexander ©2013 Photography excels at capturing contrasts—between dark and light, shadow and bright, death...

Beautiful That Afternoon  Later, I painted what I missed while reading. ©2014 Jann Alexander I was lucky to never lose my first true...

Do you recognize your creative personality from among these eight types? Road Trippin’ by Jann Alexander © 2014 The Traveling Creative :...

Light Between the Lines by Jann Alexander © 2014 When I’m out with my camera and determined to make a photograph, I’m looking for light...