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An overly optimistic estimate

In 2000, the town of Clairemont had a population of around 15 people, which was a sharp decline from its boom days of over 200 people. From the looks of the cemetery, the town’s founders anticipated that a LOT of people were going to die there…

Clairemont, Texas
photographed 2.17.2020

oh, bury me not

Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie, indeed.

Clairemont, Texas
photographed 2.17.2020

death was the…

I was counting on my Photoshop skills to help me ascertain what this marker was trying to tell me. But those skills totally let me down, and now we will never know how the sentence ended.

My apologies.

Pontotoc, Texas
photographed 2.16.2020

what happened to the Sandovals

This is where the Sandovals ended up, in case you were wondering.

Also, Billy the Kid ended up here.

Fort Sumner, New Mexico
photographed 3.14.2019

Cemetery Shapes

The three crosses are all different, but all of them are reaching toward the New Mexico sky from their spots in the weedy cemetery.

Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015