Chuck Arning

Soft Ending

My 01/07/26 postcard is a spent flower hanging from a curved stem, its petals wrinkled and heavy, still holding traces…

6 months ago

Wall Watcher

My 01/06/26 postcard is a roadrunner standing rigid on the edge of a wall on Summer Avenue, its body pitched…

6 months ago

Next Season

My 01/05/26 postcard is a split seed pod from a red hesperaloe, its thick, textured walls opening just enough to…

6 months ago

Street Devotion

My 01/04/26 postcard is a man kneeling at the edge of Washington Street, carefully tending a painted curb layered with…

6 months ago

Secondhand Wonder

My 01/03/26 postcard comes from the flea market on the fairgrounds. It's a worn doll sitting on a flea-market table…

6 months ago

Still Here

My 01/02/26 postcard is a trio of flowers in a yard along Baker Avenue,  long past their peak, reduced to…

6 months ago

Local Resident

My 01/01/26 postcard is a roadrunner pausing along  Inspiration Drive on a weathered rail, balanced and attentive, letting the day…

6 months ago

Measured Steps

My 12/31/25 postcard is a lone sandhill crane crossing the winter field at Los Poblanos Fields Open Space, deliberate and…

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Shatter Pattern

My 12/30/25 postcard comes from a window of a closed store on  Monroe Street near Central. Two points of impact…

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Weathered Beauty

My 12/29/25 postcard is a flower found near building 52 in the VA landscaping, caught after its peak, petals thinning…

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Holding Color

My 12/28/25 postcard is a bud holding its color against the muted winter background, petals not yet opened but clearly…

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Modern Berserker

My 12/27/25 postcard comes from a shop in the Coronado Mall. It’s a Viking figure that stands assembled from gears,…

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Pershing Ave

My 12/26/25 postcard is a single leaf on Pershing Avenue catching the winter sun, its veins illuminated, turning something ordinary…

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Volcanic Overlook

For the last few years, we have hiked the volcanoes west of the city on Christmas Day. My 12/25/25 postcard…

6 months ago

Luminous Gathering

Every Christmas Eve, my family journeys to Albuquerque’s Old Town, where the subject of my 12/24/25 postcard rises from the…

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