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Stepping Up
When I was in urban planning school in New Orleans, I learned that in New Orleanian vernacular, houses built like this – one story in front and two in back – were called “camelback” houses. And they were built that way because property taxes were assessed based on the building’s height on the front property line.
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Santa Anna, Texas
photographed 2.17.2020
Half-stopped
And here, in a single image, you can see the entirety of downtown Rochelle, Texas. And a little more than half of a stop sign. It was my kind of place.
Rochelle, Texas
photographed 2.16.2020
Mirrored
Me, arriving in unfamiliar small town: I hope there’s something abandoned around here.
Also me, because I was traveling by myself: I’ll just turn right here…WAIT A MINUTE. An old gas station??!
Later, and still me: Well, that was worth getting off the main highway!
Anson, Texas
photographed 2.17.2020
the future approaches
Here’s our situation, conveniently located within one photograph: an almost-gone farmhouse and so many wind turbines I can’t even count them.
Also – and I won’t divulge how I know this – that field was a lot muddier than it looked.
Wastella*, Texas
photographed 2.15.2020
*Yes, that is the actual name of the place. Apparently the town’s founder named it for his daughter, Wastella. My question is who in the hell would give their child a name like that??!?
Horseshoes
Those curtains, though! With their horseshoes and horses design! It’s too bad they are getting sawed to pieces from the broken windows.
Brownfield, Texas
photographed 2.14.2020
