a lady always wears pearls
Yes, ladies, pearls are the proper accessory. According to the Internet, they “create a visual impact that feels both timeless and trendy, making them the perfect accessory for everything from a cozy sweater to a sleek cocktail dress.” Additionally, they also make an impact if you are a naked mannequin in a shop window in Oklahoma. And, honestly, it’s hard to be more timeless and more trendy than that.
Chickasha, Oklahoma
photographed 9.11.2025
at temple + main
I was standing near the corner of Temple Street and Main Street, which is as good a place as any to take a photo of an out-of-business church reflected in an out-of-business business.
Sudan, Texas
photographed 8.31.2025
chain/link
On the far side of this cemetery, there was a little metal shelter, with three benches. Two sides of the shelter had chains across them.
So, for a change in scenery, I laid down on one of the benches and tilted my head far enough back that I was seeing things upside down. And this is what it looked like.
Hollene Cemetery
Hollene, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2025
the sacred heart
This feels like a Typical Western Image™, with the white church, set on the top of a dry hill, squinting into the afternoon sun, with nothing else around. And rendered in black and white.
But I took the photo anyway.
Nara Visa, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2025
13?
My internal conversation as I walked to the end of the motel to take this photo:
- Look! That one door is white!
- And looks older than the blue one.
- And the numbers skip one.
- Wait. Is this wing of the motel the even numbers?
- (Looks across the parking lot to see, spots the numbers 3, 4, and 5. Looks back at these doors.)
- Oh…they skipped 13. That’s really a thing, then, I guess
- (Spends a longer-than-necessary amount of time wondering if the motel would be described as a 14-room place – because that’s how high the numbers went – or a 13 room place – which was factually correct but also uses “that” number.)
Yes. I am sometime so quick to figure stuff out that I even surprise myself.
Nara Visa, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2025
One Day | One Image 