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only seeing where you used to be
I went to this cemetery in the spring, and made a return visit just before Christmas.
The second visit was much sadder, for many reasons – some of which had to do with the snow and those footprints. It was also closing in on the anniversary of my mother’s death, which tinges everything with sadness at the end of December.
So, here’s a sad song, “Closer to the Light,”, for today’s Bruce Cockburn link.
Los Llanitos Cemetery
Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
you must travel on alone
I’ve mentioned before the challenge in traveling to a well-photographed place like Santa Fe is finding something different to photograph. I used the well-proven tricks of looking down alleys and between houses and there it was: a bicycle that seemed to be waiting out the winter.
Today’s Bruce Cockburn is an old one,“Man of a Thousand Faces,” which was released in 1970. (I first typed that as 1790 – which is just slightly incorrect…)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
and like ghosts, they’re gone
On the far side of a tiny town, if you take the road that looks like it doesn’t go anywhere, you’ll pass by a little church.
The morning sun caught the squares of the window screen’s mesh in a way that obscured the flowers, making them seem momentary, like if I looked again, they’d be gone.
And here’s the daily Bruce Cockburn, with “Use Me While You Can,” of his spoken word pieces that is just outstanding.
Puerto de Luna, New Mexico
photographed 9.21.2013
you can’t tell me there is no mystery
My granddaughter’s hands holding tight to some mesquite pods.
And, in keeping in with the week’s theme, here’s Bruce Cockburn singing “Mystery.”
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 8.16.2009
through the joining and the parting
There were abandoned churches all over Nova Scotia. Some had new life, others were too far gone for that to still be an option.
And, here we are on day two of my Bruce Cockburn lyrics-as-title experiment. Today’s comes from “The Light Goes On Forever.”
Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.27.2015
One Day | One Image 