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terrestrial receptivity
I like Mason. It’s a comfortable town, an easy drive from Lubbock. The town square is interesting, especially at night when light retreats into the corners and a plywood-covered window becomes profound.
Mason, Texas
photographed 4.11.2026
the endurance of a hopeless love
Sometimes I like to read through my Dictionary of Symbols* to look for phrases that jump out at me. In fact, this is becoming a fairly regular part of my workflow, the last part of the process of editing a photo. I’ll look up the symbology of a particular element in the photo (in this case, I looked up the word “branch”) and see what series of words appeals to me and seems to add a mysterious narrative to the image.
And that’s how this image acquired the name “the endurance of a hopeless love.”
Fort McKavett State Historical Park
Fort McKavett, Texas
photographed 4.12.26
*And you thought my thesaurus addiction was at the goofiest thing about me!
links and bonding
This hand holds a lot of stories. I don’t know what they are, but I am confident of my assessment.
(I am also confident of using a long-ish lens to isolate a stranger’s hand, if that is what the situation calls for.)
Castell, Texas
photographed 4.12.2026
stone/wall
Broken stone walls like this could be just about anywhere…
…and these are some I found in Texas the other day.
Fort McKavett State Historical Park
Fort McKavett, Texas
photographed 4.12.2026
escapement
My family find it hilarious that I have a collection of thesauri*. That just shows the narrow-minded way some people (“some” people) have. Imagine how funny it would be if they knew that I actually have a favorite thesaurus**.
But how in the hell else do you think I’d find a word like “escapement” if I wasn’t browsing around looking an actual (non-online) thesaurus for a better word for “flight” because I was thinking about that bird in the middle of the photo as well as the way the narrow ranch road stretches out on the right and a road is a way for non-winged animals to take flight.
And also, it reminds me “escarpment” which is also an excellent word.
Fort McKavett State Historical Park
Fort McKavett, Texas
photographed 4.12.2026
*That’s the funniest word I’ve typed in a long time.
*Thank you for asking. My favorite thesaurus is Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form. Fun fact: I purchased a thesaurus in Cambridge the first time I went to England. It was my souvenir, which probably confirms a lot of things you already assumed about me.
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