Chuck Arning

Season’s End

In a yard along Alvarado Drive, a withered flower head became my 01/16/26 postcard, its once-soft petals now curled and…

3 months ago

Last Holding

My 01/15/26 postcard caught a dried, curling leaf and stem holding a translucent seed pod, clinging to a wall along…

3 months ago

Sky Judge

My 01/14/26 postcard features a raven perched on a bare branch against an open sky, its body angled away but…

3 months ago

Sunlit Runner

My 01/13/26 postcard captures a roadrunner standing alert along Southern Avenue, its body angled forward as if caught between motion…

3 months ago

Withered Gold

My 01/12/26 postcard features a sunflower long past its peak, its yellow petals curling and fading as winter takes hold.…

3 months ago

Neighborhood Sun

My 01/11/26 postcard comes from a sun sculpture mounted on the side of a home on Palomas Drive. Photographed in…

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Holiday Skeleton

My 01/10/26 postcard is a skeleton sitting casually against a low wall in the Old Town Plaza, one bony hand…

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Fading Grip

My 01/09/26 postcard is a spent rose, its curls curling inward, its petals folded and stiff, the edges lifting like…

3 months ago

Suburban Flamingos

My 01/08/26 postcard is a small group of pink plastic flamingos standing in a loose line beneath a large tree,…

3 months ago

Soft Ending

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

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

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