Monthly Archives: April 2013
Roll Arena: 2
I am guessing that Patio 2 (and its counterpart, Patio 1) probably serve as smoking sections when the place is open. It’s sort of hard to imagine now, but back when I went there as a kid, the smokers got to stay inside, letting us skaters get doses of second-hand smoke as we wheeled by.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013
Roll Arena: 1
When I was a kid, this was THE place to roller skate. I can still remember the smell of dust and feet, the sounds of wheels rolling over the wooden floor, the way I’d get a blister on my right foot from never varying the counter-clockwise circle.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013
The only light there was
This back of this closed-down gas station in the industrial part of town absorbed all the light that day.
On a side note, there’s a lot more traffic in that part of town than I expected. And, judging from the stares I got from truck drivers, not many photographers show up over there. I don’t know why: it’s only a few blocks from where I found this place a few months ago.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013
Life: ten birds
Life. Water flowing over the dam. A philosophical graffiti artist? Or an opportunistic one?
At any rate, those ten birds are keeping an eye on the place.
Canyon Lakes
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013
Another Sunday morning
The 2000 census reported a population of 88; the 2010 census plead ignorance on the matter. The day I stopped, there was a steady thrum of highway noise, but I was the only one who pulled off Interstate 20 to look around. After all, it’s only thirty more miles to Abilene.
Other than this building – which is quite lovely, if you ask me – the only other notable thing about the place is that Larry L. King, author of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, is a native son.
Putnam, Texas
photographed 3.20.2011
One Day | One Image 