Jamestown Windmill – Daily Photo

Jamestown Windmill – Daily Photo
The Jamestown Windmill is a 30-foot high smock mill built in 1787.

The Jamestown Windmill is a 30-foot tall smock mill built in 1787. If you're passing through Jamestown, Rhode Island, and you've a passing interest in history, it's well worth a…

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Pump It – Daily Photo

Pump It – Daily Photo
A long time exposure of a nodding donkey oil pump at High Island, Texas, shows the mechanics in motion.

Pump It, not the song by the Black Eyed Peas, but oil. When I was looking at this photo that song was running through my mind, though. Oil closed above…

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The Empty Chair – Daily Photo

The Empty Chair – Daily Photo
The Empty Chair sits at the bottom of a swimming pool.

The Empty Chair is a recurring theme throughout literature. I think I first became aware of it when I studied Macbeth at High School. It appears during the banquet in…

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The Only Way Is Up – Daily Photo

The Only Way Is Up – Daily Photo
The Only Way Is Up, the staircase inside the Key West Lighthouse, Florida.

'The only way is up' wrote Johnny Henderson and George Jackson. I wondered if they'd stood at the foot of the Key West Lighthouse and pondered the climb. It's not…

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