
Kenne David Turner Grilling On His Birthday, January 1st — Image by kenne
Kenne David Turner Grilling On His Birthday, January 1st — Image by kenne
Kenne David and His Dad at 8th Wonder Brewery (December 27, 2022) Image by Janie
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Kenne David and Katelyn — Photo-Artistry by kenne
A CHILD ASKS WHAT MAKES A POEM?
At the top of the pass
the trail crosses a rockfall,
a slope of loose slate
as old as the mountain,
as deep as the valley below.
Out of the rocks
an arch has been stacked,
straddling the path.
The stones, tall enough
for a tall man, lean at the top
until gravity tips them together
in a curve as clean as the arc
of the earth.
The arch should not stand.
No mortar, no scaffold of sticks.
No tricks of buttress or blocking.
Only this surprising geometry
of stones balanced across the sky.
Not a slate out of place.
Picked from the rockpile
by a painstaking hand,
the chosen few remain,
stacked by shape
and grain and weight.
At the top of the world, a gate.
— Lanny Ledeboer:
Katelyn (03/15/17) — Image by kenne
Gulf Coast Distillers — Image by kenne
While on the Houston leg of our road trip, we had dinner at Ben’s Den Tasting Room
with Katelyn, Janie, and David — a food truck provided the food menu.
In 1998, the De Aldecoa family bought the then memorable Uncle Ben’s Rice manufacturing facility
on Clinton Drive. Now the facility has been turned into a world-class coffee plant and distillery, expanding the
beverage imperium with the creation of the Gulf Coast Distillers.
Yes, the whisky I had was excellent.
— kenne
Kenne David and Kenne George — Image by MAT
David was a New Year’s Day baby, 1975. He was a “cool kid” then and still is.
Kenne David Turner’s 1954 GMC Pickup Truck — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— kenne
kenne and Grandson Jaxon
kenne and Grandson Jaxon
Granddaughter Katelyn
Granddaughter Katelyn
(iPhone Images by Katie Turner Bailey)
During the week of March 12th, son David, granddaughter Katelyn,
daughter Katie, grandsons Nick and Jaxon visited Joy and me in Tucson.
Each day would end watching the sunset from the patio.
On several occasions, Katie took images with her iPhone.
— kenne
Katie, Kenne G. and Kenne D. in Bryan, Texas (Early Eighties) — Image by Mary Ann
— Wendell Berry
Son, Kenne David and Granddaughter, Katelyn at About the Same Ages — Image by kenne (April 6, 2011)
— kenne
Images by kenne (Click on any of the tiled imaged to see larger view in a slideshow format.)
Granddaughter Katelyn and son Kenne David left this morning, returning to Houston after four-plus days here in Tucson. This was their second visit after three years. We made an effort to do as much as possible in the desert summer and the beginning of the monsoon season, which began while they were here.
Photos of Katelyn and poetry about her have been part of several posting over the last ten years — she will be eleven this September. Here’s one of the poems:
The Eyes Tell You
Now that they return home, I ponder —
Children and grandchildren
are the beautiful mysteries
that drive our emotions
stirring each moment we share,
not knowing if the same emotions
transcend each communication in the moment,
ending in emotional question marks.
kenne
Kate, Kenne (Dad) and Kenne David — Father’s Day Many Years Ago
— kenne
(Visiting Kate in Ft. Collins, CO on Father’s Day weekend, 2014)
Kenne David & Katelyn — Image by kenne
Two moments,
captured in time
each a generation apart
father and daughter
creating a new reality
a moment in time
kenne