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Couched in Indifference
A long hallway on the second floor. A couch against the wall. Bright light at the end, and a small wedge of light off to the side.
It’s too bad that no one seems to care.
Tahoka, Texas
photographed 6.16.2010
Inevitable failure
The town, the business, even that bottom shelf: all doomed, sooner or later.
South Plains, Texas
photographed 2.14.2015
Ricochet toward the end
My boss tells me this school closed in the 1970s; the Texas State Historical Association concurs, saying the school was operational until 1978.
My traveling companion for the day spotted an un-boarded door around back, which gave us a nice view down the hallway.
Light and history and inertia all headed toward the same ending.
South Plains, Texas
photographed 2.14.2015
How to warm up the morning
Quitaque’s population is less than 400, so it’s hard to imagine the town ever had need of a boarding house. But we found a two story building that seemed to have once been one. The front of the place was brick with arch-topped windows that still had organdy curtains hanging. The side was less fancy, with window air conditioners instead of curtains. But the back porch was the best.
I think “Warm Morning” is an excellent name for a heater – the name alone would make you feel better about the day.
(My favorite thing, after the heater, is that duplex outlet by the step.)
Quitaque, Texas
photographed 2.14.2015
Empty classroom has a story
It’s just that I don’t know what the story is.
The pieces of it are interesting: a card-file cabinet, two blackboards, a chair outside the door…
South Plains, Texas
photographed 2.14.2015
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