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WASHINGTON, DC

 washington, dc

december 7th, 2012

 

Merry Christmas Mail-Art

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 northside of syracuse

 somewhere in

eastern

north carolina



Passages

taken at a now demolished hotel

st. petersburg, fla

2012

Red Hall

taken at a now demolished hotel

st. petersburg, fla

2012

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At the very south end of Otisco Lake,

near Amber, NY.

( from Badlands, B. Springsteen,):
Workin in the field till you get your back burned
Workin `neath the wheels till you get your facts learned.
Baby I got my facts learned real good right now.
You better get it straight darling:
Poor men wanna be rich, rich men wanna be kings,
And a king aint satisfied till he rules everything.

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 Taken at the New York State Fair

Syracuse

2012

 

Corn Field & Church

Navarino, New York

(inspired by Rodgers & Hammerstein)

There's a bright, golden haze on the meadow.
The corn is as high as an elephant's eye,
And it looks like it's climbing clear up to the sky.

Oh, what a beautiful Mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day.


Navarino, New York.

 Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,
Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve;
Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

Going forth with weeping, sowing for the Master,
Though the loss sustained our spirit often grieves;
When our weeping’s over, He will bid us welcome,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.

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"Florida Fences"

 

"Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,
Don't fence me in.
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,
Don't fence me in.
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze,
And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees,
Send me off forever but I ask you please,
Don't fence me in."

 

some fences,

like the one on the left,

 keep cattle at bay

others, like the one on the right

-which was installed for the

Republican National Convention

in Tampa-

 keep democracy at bay...

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Bathroom.

Hotel

in St. Petersburg, FLA.

this is a small, 3"x4" postcard...

hopefully, it will make it to its

destination in Fort Meyers.



 

"STATE FAIR"

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN

*

Our State Fair is a great state fair
Don't Miss it don't even be late
(our state fair is great)
It's dollars to doughnuts at our state fair
It's the best state fair in the state! PICTURES TAKEN AT THE new york state fair syracuse

 

Thunder road - b. springsteen:

The screen

door slams

Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
Darling you know just what Im here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we aint that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You aint a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me

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The old st. joseph's

catholic church

camillus, new york

 

"sunday"

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two more pieces:

 Biscuitville Station Chair #3

raligh, north carolina

with Betty Crocker's

Bisquick recipe...

from the December 1963

Better Homes & Gardens magazine.

Florida vacation living

ala 1962 -

Bowling Green & Plant City

FLA

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The new mexico desert near taos

meets syracuse.

domes:

 istanbul

&

raleigh, north carolina

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Mannequins in New York City.

with the Giacometti sculpture

 in MOMA's

Sculpture Garden.

buenos aires

recoleta cemetery

Bowling Green, Florida

 an abandoned (?) trailer park,

BOwling Green, FLA

"murder in the trailer park" -

michael timmins, a cowboy junkies song

 Murder tonight in the trailer park Mrs. Annabelle Evans found

With her throat cut after dark

Her pockets turned inside out

Her dresser drawers turned upside down

Anna's neighbor Peg, identifies the body Lets out a hollow kind of sound
Homicide is tying yellow ribbons Around her silver Air Stream

Red cherries slashing up the night Cutting through that cordoned crime scene
There's been a murder In the trailer park tonight
Murder tonight in the trailer park

Pack your things, Ann MarieWe're heading west

We're going to make a fresh startI've been saving pennies

Been looking forward to this day

No time for questions are you coming

Or are you going to stay?
Crosstown at the Waterton

George Evans is sitting tall and tight

Buying drinks for all the regulars

Bragging about how them bones

Danced for him tonight
There's been a murderIn the trailer park tonight
Murder tonight in the trailer park

Faceless man counting crumpled bills

Hotel neon fights the dark

TV set in the corner, they're talking murder

On the late-night news

He turns down the sound

Waits for the sports

He only wants to know

Did I win or did I lose?
There's been a murderI

n the trailer park tonight

Murder in the trailer park

There's been a murder

In the trailer park tonight,

yeah yeah
There's been a murderIn the trailer park

Murder

yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

There's been a murder

In the trailer park tonight

 tonight

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Pine level, North Carolina

July 4th, 1993

Mother's Little Helper

the photo of the mannequin is from a one i took in Englewood, FLA

the fur advertisements are from a

October1963 Better Homes & Gardens

perhaps the furs will get her through the upcoming winter.

christmas in July!

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 "YOu'll be perfectly suited "

jus in time for the 1948 olympics...

wilmington, NC

A "Trash-po" piece,

made from scraps leftover from

previous mail-art.

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 Candy's Room

Springsteen Inspired

"...to get to Candys room, you gotta walk the darkness of Candys hall..."

Factory

another Springsteen inspired piece.

"Early in the morning factory whistle blows,
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes,
Man takes his lunch, walks out in the
morning light,
It’s the working, the working, just the
working life.
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bruce_springsteen/factory.html ]
Through the mansions of fear, through the
mansions of pain,
I see my daddy walking through them
factory gates in the rain,
Factory takes his hearing, factory gives him life,
The working, the working, just the
working life.

End of the day factory whistle cries,
Men walk through these gates with death in
their eyes,
And you just better believe boy,
somebody’s gonna get hurt tonight,
It’s the working, the working, just the
working life."

 istanbul orange.

main post office on a rainy day.

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let is snow,

let it snow, let it snow.

for King Roberto's Snow Jubilee.



Aya Sofya, Istanbul

rainy day

at Istanbul's main post office.

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 THIS IS A BEAUTIFULLY CARVED WOOD DOOR

AT THE AYA SOFYA IN ISTANBUL...

AN INCREDIBLY AWE INSPRING PLACE!

 THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN A NOW DEMOLISHED HOTEL

(built around 1920 - demo'ed in 2012)

IN ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA.

NAVARINO, NEW YORK.

ROCK OF AGES,

CLEFT FOR ME,

LET ME

HIDE

MYSELF IN THEE.

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I took this photo in 1984 in Battery Park, New York City.

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The train yard at Istanbul's main train station. 

Where the Orient Express terminated.

A farmhouse near Elbridge, NY

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"AMERIKAN DREAM"

EMPTY FORE-CLOSED UPON HOMES.

BUENOS AIRES

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1960 Woman. 

This is a photo I took in an antique store in Englewood, FLA.  That's a wall of old 1950s & 60s NY Yankee baseball cards behind her.  The stamp is from 1960 as well.

BeachWood 4-5789

a 1962 Marvellettes hit, Written by Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson and George Gordy

 "And my number is
Beechwood 4-5789
You can call me up and
Have a date any old time"

the photo was taken in Mt. Dora, FLA (the smaller B&W was taken in Scraton, PA)

Telephone.

CLose up of a phone in my living room.

The stamp is from Romania.

Istanbul PO.

a photo I took in Istanbul, at the main post office - on a dark and stormy day...

The stamp is a 1944 US Air Mail.