If you take the back roads, sometimes you’ll end up driving down into a valley with  a tiny town at the bottom and that also feels like maybe you drove all the way into another place, another time. And maybe you’ll stop there for an hour or so. And maybe you’ll feel an overwhelming sadness as you leave, knowing you’re returning to the same place, the same time that you’d just left.

Villanueva, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2024