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Trees in the Snow  painted by Jann Alexander © 2014 The lonelier the trees, the better: I’m drawn to them like autumn leaves are to the...

Snowed Under in Seco by Jann Alexander © 2014 Beneath a blanket of snow in Arroyo Seco , there must be a story to go with a small and...

Along the Mayan Path by Jann Alexander ©2014 “I came into this world with nothing, my experiences are only mine, and I will leave this...

Three Boys and a Polaroid  first appeared as the post, When a Polaroid Was Instant Gratification , at Pairings :: Art + What Goes With It...

We think of barriers quite literally, as physical obstacles in our paths. But barriers can be much more debilitating to our creativity...

How can you pass by an intriguing window or door by without making note, or making a picture? There’s a story to be told behind them . ....

Lost Horizon by Jann Alexander © 2013 “Horizon. The space or line where the sky meets the earth.” There’s a place along Maine’s Casco...

Restorative, Arkansas Woods  by Jann Alexander © 2013 “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. “ — JOHN MUIR ,...

First Encounter: Greetings from Austin, 2004 by Jann Alexander [Mural: Todd Sanders © Roadhouse Relics] It was still spring in Austin,...

Where the Elite Eat by Jann Alexander © 2103 What could be tastier on Mondays than 2 for 1 Burgers at The Elite Cafe in Waco, Texas?...

It Was Beautiful That Afternoon , oil on canvas by Jann Alexander © 2013 A summer cycling trip through Idaho, approaching the Grand...

ART CONNECTS ME to the whole wide world. It’s in the  details  of everything I see, be it a painting in a gallery window, a pair of...

Though the Terlingua ghosts are long gone, the visitors still flock to the town's Chili Cookoff and visit the historic final resting place

As a self-defined seeker of the wacky , I’ve cultivated a number sources I follow online to get my Weekly Wacky Fix. These are some of...

Health Camp Super Burgers Since 1949 by Jann Alexander © 2013 Call it Road Kill, because the large milkshakes at Health Camp really...

See more photographs and paintings from Mission Mexico  HERE Shockingly, when I was 10, I wanted to be a nun. Perhaps that wasn’t so...

Where are you heading? by Jann Alexander © 2013 “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.” —Yogi Berra Being...

I’ve traveled far from home, and farther back in time than I’ve ever traveled in miles covered. I’ve seen the Dust Bowl in the Texas...

Road trips have an appeal that goes way back in time, and roadside oddities abound for time travelers willing to take a fork in the road.

Three Boys and a Polaroid by Jann Alexander © 2013 In an Instagram world when a quickie effect can turn a contemporary image vintage...