Monthly Archives: July 2021

Cross (with hat and mask)

This is the same location I’d photographed in 2015, but nothing looked the same. I think this indicates even more fatalities at this particular intersection, but it might also mean that grieving families are still visiting and adding to their loved one’s memorial.

Ward County, Texas
photographed 6.13.2021

time folding over on itself

The place was just falling apart. Literally – pieces of the roof and ceiling were drifted across the floor, where the remaining roof joists cast even-spaced shadows. And outside of what used to be a window: a covered wagon. It felt like time folded over onto itself so far that it nearly touched…

Tucumcari, New Mexico
photographed 6.5.2021

Roadside Art

Maybe one of these days I can see a graffiti artist in action. And maybe when that happens I can choke down my inherent shyness and have a chat with them. I have some questions…

Chaves County, New Mexico
photographed 6.20.2021

Arch and a half

Many things start with good intentions. But those intentions can only get you so far, sometimes, before the arch starts to fall.

Chaves County, New Mexico
photographed 5.23.2021

Portals

I have only recently noticed a repository of dead cars (mostly VWs) on the highway near my house. There is very strong evidence to suggest that it’s been there for a while – a long while – so I am not sure what it took until lately for me to see it.

But the camera and I got there as fast as we could, and we found these portals.

Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 6.20.21