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It’s hard to get into Home Ec

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Well, I guess what I meant is that it’s hard to get into the home ec room, with those knife-blades of broken glass guarding the windows. But even with that security feature, I have the idea that perhaps a few folks have made it inside.

(For other images of this place, you can go here, and here, and here, and here, and here.)

the old Bula School
Bula, Texas
photographed 2.16.2014

All that remains

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This image was made from what used to be the inside of the school, which has been closed since 1975. These days, a farmer uses the school grounds for storage – the last time I stopped by, there were stacks of fiberglass fertilizer tanks against one wall of the building.

(For other images of this place, you can go here, and here, and here, and here.)

the old Bula School
Bula, Texas
photographed 2.16.2014

Coexistence

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The despair of destruction, the hope of new construction with the buttresses on the left, the humanity of a table and chairs set outside: there’s a lot going on here.

Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.18.2013

Tree claws at moon

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This is the other end of the building that’s shown here – obviously this end is holding up a little bit better.

It feels like those tree branches are clawing away at the scrap of moon in the corner, but I have an idea that the moon was able to escape.

Marfa, Texas
photographed 1.18.2013

Duplex

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The road snakes its way back toward Santa Rosa, behind this adobe building, which I have taken the liberty of calling a duplex.

If you would rather go to Fort Sumner and it hasn’t rained in a while and you’re feeling brave, you can take County Road 2P. It’s neither paved nor fenced, giving the occasional traveler a very close look at cows.

Puerto de Luna, New Mexico
photographed 9.21.2013