Monthly Archives: December 2018

L. P. Sloan: born, died

This tell us all we need to know. Or, at least, all we will ever know.

Shafter, Texas
photographed 11.4.2017

The valiant effort, doomed

They tried, the builder of that adobe wall between two abandoned buildings. But it looks like the new wall will soon meet the predicable fate of the other buildings. In fact, the adobes are already starting to erode, returning to the dirt they’re made from.

Shafter, Texas
photographed 11.4.2017

Church Reflections

The town’s hermit monk walked down the hill from the highway and waited patiently (which I guess is something hermit monks are good at) while I got this shot. Then we had a chat. As you do with hermit monks, I guess.

Shafter, Texas
photographed 11.4.2017

Cottonwood + water

My favorite desert oasis is generally deserted* which lets me enjoy the shade, the cooling breeze from the water, the call of the ducks, and the graceful peace I feel when I am there.

near Marathon, Texas
photographed 7.14.2018

*Sorry. I had to.

Feet in the air

Yesterday’s food truck chairs have propped their feet up and are waiting for today’s lunch patrons to arrive.

Alpine, Texas
photographed 7.15.2018