Red Window, originally uploaded by Delany Dean. This is the old West Paseo Christian Church, near downtown Kansas City. It clearly was abandoned for a while, and now is home to a Baptist group. I had driven by it many times and wanted to stop and get a...

Todd S. Purdum on Sarah Palin: vanityfair.com This is a very good article, for anyone who is still interested in (or worried about?) Sarah Palin. Here's a short excerpt, which caught my eye because it reminded me of someone I once had the misfortune...

Another photo excursion into rural MO/KS. It's almost too hot to be doing this... but not quite. Photo above: This old stucco house is abandoned, getting rapidly overgrown. Sad story, but nice subject for a photograph. And, unavoidably in the news, is...

Yesterday I went downtown to get some pictures of grubby, gritty surfaces. This is so I can build my own library of "texture" images. I've been working on using layers and texture in Photoshop Elements, and so far I have mostly used some of the great...

Old Florida, originally uploaded by Delany Dean. OK, I guess this is turning into a photo blog... at least, for the time being. Above is a photograph I took a few years ago in Florida; I call it "Old Florida," because that's what it says to me. It sure...