daily photo

clementine coffee bar, austin, tx
a year ago on this date i started the 'daily photo' on my blog. there are 235 photos in the series. i started out with a super low-end concord digital camera that cost $20 bucks. i then had a spiffy canon A710IS. i lost that on a highway near the c&o canal close to the border of maryland and west virginia. i then used $1 cameras i got at a dollarama on ste. catherine in montréal. when i moved to austin, i broke my tiny budget for a panasonic lumix lz6 which is a nice little toy except for the fact that it doesn't record sound when you use the video feature. if i would've realized that before i purchased it, i would've picked another camera.

anyway, for the most part, every monday through friday i've managed to post a photo, no matter where i was on the continent. i missed a week when i was on vacation on cumberland island last march, and maybe a day here and there when i was most likely on a lonesome highway traveling with my dog in my green machine.

what a year it has been. so much has happened, i think i have whiplash. plus, i've moved around like a vagabond--atlanta -> montreal -> austin, with a few weird stops in between. but i'm still here. and i realize that was one of the points of documentation via a daily photo. to remind myself that indeed, I'm Still Here.

next week, i'll leave for europe for a month. i'll be in barcelona and paris. when i return, i'll be off and running again. first in a reading on march 14th with my rooted crew in the midst of sxsw. then as the tech stage manager for sharon bridgforth's love conjure/blues text installation tour. and all the while, finishing up/putting the final touches on my collection of short stories.

 i'm.still.here.