Pete's Notebook

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Welcome aboard my new cyber-racer! I have no idea how to drive this turbonitrocharged Magnum BlogSpeeder thing, so you might want to strap in and hang on. Tight.

But you needn’t shut up. I’m going to welcome all the helpful advice I can get. Don’t worry about hurting my feelings, I’m inured to harsh criticism — shucks, I’ve driven Hurley Haywood around a race track and survived. (My story about that is posted in the category named Published Words; see “Driving Mr. Haywood.”)

And pictures. I’m going to be posting pictures. Pictures are what we’re about here at petelyons©com

“Pete’s Notebook” is a companion to our main website. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes an actual word or two can help us appreciate what we’re seeing. We might talk about the background of the picture’s subject, say, or the story of  where and why the picture was made.

Perhaps a photo will spark a discussion about photography itself. I enjoy the process of making pictures as much as I do crafting words. In fact, I was shooting race cars before I started writing about them.

Also, these words-pages give us a place to expand on explanations about the products we offer: the various sizes of photo prints and their prices, our “Can-Am Thunder” DVD (produced by Duke Video) and our very limited supply of the 2010 Road & Track “Vintage Memories” calendar featuring 14 Lyons photos.

We also can talk up new items as they become available (thanks for the idea, Brit Gordon!).

“Pete’s Notebook” is, and no doubt will remain, a work-in-progress.  As we make our way around the Internet raceway, you may notice the occasional wheel being put wrong or gearchange missed. Go ahead and shout at me, Hurley did. As on that occasion, I’ll try to learn fast.

Ok, gear in, revs up, take a deep breath…

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