top of page
Snakebit
"Suck out the poison"
Origin of the Red •x•
In the 2010 adaptation of True Grit, 14-year-old Mattie Ross falls down into a cave where she’s bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake. “Rooster” Cogburn follows, dispatches the rattlesnake with his six shooter, and attempts to help. He cuts an “X” over the wound with his knife and attempts to suck out the poison. See it’s not enough, he rides then runs all night to carry Mattie to a doctor. She loses her arm but survives. The snakebite and the cut. Two dots and an X. If somet
latest
Notes from the Field
Origin of the Red •x•
In the 2010 adaptation of True Grit, 14-year-old Mattie Ross falls down into a cave where she’s bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake. “Rooster” Cogburn follows, dispatches the rattlesnake with his six shooter, and attempts to help. He cuts an “X” over the wound with his knife and attempts to suck out the poison. See it’s not enough, he rides then runs all night to carry Mattie to a doctor. She loses her arm but survives. The snakebite and the cut. Two dots and an X. If somet
Aug 25
Mexico 2026
My favorite thing in the world is to travel with nonprofits as a photographer, so I was grateful to be asked to join LEAP Global Missions on my second trip to Mexico in June. I’d been to Zihuatanejo with them back in 2019 before The Great and Useless Evil put the kibosh on my nonprofit trips for a while. Prior to that, I’d traveled with them to Haiti and Belize. In a nutshell, LEAP provides free surgeries for kids with various conditions in various places, and this Mexico tri
Jun 13
ICELAND 2025
I met Daniel back in 2013, and we’ve been talking about driving the Ring Road in Iceland pretty much since then. It took me staring down the barrel of 40 (and a great deal on airfare) to make it finally happen, but finally happen it did. On the way there, I had an overnight layover in London but decided to spend the night closer to Heathrow in Windsor, England (not recommended unless you’re hot for the royal family or private school lads). The next day, I arrived in Reykjavik
Apr 29, 2025
About me
Not an expert, pastor, therapist, life coach, salesman, pundit, critic, motivational speaker, or macho man. Just a writer, photographer, and maker from Texas, askin' questions and trying to figure things out. Thanks for stoppin' by.
say 'howdy'
bottom of page