Monthly Archives: June 2025

tenant farmer

So, does God get the agriculture exemption on His taxes, or do Paul and Linda claim it?

(Just one brief example of the sort of nonsense my brain comes up with.)

near Childress, Texas
photographed 8.5.2025

skinned elbow and a red dress

I love the contrast between a little girl’s fancy dress (sparkles! a brooch on a belt!) and the mannequin’s skinned up elbow.

It reminds me of earlier this year when my granddaughter had to leave the Cotillion early so she could get to…football practice.

Hereford, Texas
photographed 8.4.2025

after breakfast

Someone was not a big fan of the toast, were they?

TA Travel Center
Amarillo, Texas

photographed 8.5.2025

icon, Texas version

Last year when my good friends from New England made their inaugural visit to West Texas, I decided that one of the things we had to do was to stop at the Big Texan Steak Ranch. Then I doubled down on that plan and we also spent the night next door at the Big Texan Motel. Both places were equally kitschy, which was of course the point of our visiting them.

Amarillo, Texas
photographed 8.4.2025

hope + graffiti

Yep – another drizzly night in Scotland. According to my personal observation, almost ALL nights are drizzly, but to be fair, I was only there for a couple of weeks.

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023