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and stay out
Some places seem welcoming, like they’d be happy for you to hang out, relax for a while, enjoy some food or beverages, make new friends. You know what I mean: they are the kinds of places you can think back on with fond memories for lots of years.
This was not one of those places.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.5.2025
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
