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without faith (a diptych)
I’d been by this abandoned church before, and even stopped once. For reasons that I don’t comprehend, I decided to pull off the road the other day and have another look at it. The door was open so I had a look inside – and this diptych shows a couple of the things that caught my attention.
Cone, Texas
photographed 11.21.2021
Famous Hamburger
If you are one of those people who never stop searching for the best hamburger ever, I would like to call your attention to this little place, which unabashedly proclaims itself to be the home of the “famous hamburger.”
But I should also mention that the place appears to be out of business. So there’s that.
Silverton, Texas
photographed 11.21.2021
higher than the sky
Changes in agriculture* have rendered this grain elevator (and many of its cousins) unnecessary. But this is at least the third time I’ve photographed this particular one, and I bet I’m not done yet. So they still do serve a purpose, although it is very limited and contributes nothing to local economies…
County Line, Texas
photographed 12.11.2021
*I said that like I know what those changes are. But I don’t.




