Monthly Archives: January 2022
Urban Irony (Christmas Afternoon)
We spent some time on Christmas afternoon walking around the site of the Christmas Day 2020 bombing in Nashville. Even after a year, there is still much work to be done to fix (or demolish, I guess) the buildings that were damaged. The murals here are on the short side of the block that was bombed – they’re painted on plywood that covers where windows used to be.
Christmas usually makes me feel sad, and this scene fed right into my emotions. In front of a mural that says “because you matter you are not alone,” a man sat alone on the cold sidewalk.
Nashville, Tennessee
photographed 12.25.2021
the distillery
From the highway through town, there was little visual evidence of the vast array of buildings that housed the Jack Daniel’s distillery. But back behind the ridge, there were barrel houses, fermentation chambers, the Source…all the things that make Jack Daniel’s whisky Jack Daniel’s whisky.
Lynchburg, Tennessee
photographed 12.26.2021
trio
Three people, at a bar. Or, more accurately, two people at a bar and one on television.
Lebanon, Tennessee
photographed 12.24.2021
his day job
He’s following his dream, but no one else seems to be.
Nashville, Tennessee
photographed 12.23.2021
the opposite of the expected
Memphis. I went to Memphis. I didn’t have an intention of going to see Graceland, because I don’t care.
But the last day there, I thought that perhaps a drive past Graceland might yield something that wasn’t Elvis-driven fanciness. And I was richly rewarded by this flea market.
And, also, I had this John Hiatt song in my head all day. Because that’s the way my head functions.
Elvis Presley Boulevard
Memphis, Tennessee
photographed 12.28.2021
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