Monthly Archives: January 2025
and look how far the light came
The way the late sunlight caught the wineglasses in a different way than the entire rest of the scene caught my eye.
And it reminded me of the line “Glasses of wine on a crate between us/Catch the light, seem to glow from within” from the song “Look How Far,” by Bruce Cockburn. The song was in my head for a long time that evening.
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.29.2022
toilet training department
Apparently I happened to walk by the cleaning supplies (which included kids’ potty chairs) portion of the street-side market.
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 9.1.2022
hotel, via roma
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.31.2022
boot/cross
There’s about a quarter mile of fence that’s decorated (if that’s the word?) with boots and bicycles. It’s all wired there, so it seems permanent.
And other than that, all I know is that the Google street view, made in July 2024, does not include them, making them a relatively recent addition to roadside mysteries.
near Quitaque, Texas
photographed 12.29.2024
“…the quintessential cowboy”
I looked up Clifford Jackson Taylor after I made the photo but before I wrote this post, and here’s what I learned.
He went by Jackson and was a cowboy, working on ranches across the United States and in Australia. He was a member of the Western Ranch Cowboys Association and was professional bronc rider; he appeared in two seasons of the reality show “Ultimate Cowboy Showdown.” In 2023, he was competing in the WRCA-sanctioned Estancia Valley Ranch Rodeo in Moriarty, New Mexico, fell during a bronc ride and later died, according to a report from the Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon. He was 33 years old.
His grave is here, in a tiny country cemetery that’s down a dirt road.
Grey Mule Cemetery
Hall County, Texas
photographed 12.29.2024
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