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red church
The church was unlocked so I…well, you know what I did.
Those red curtains made the place glow.
Bend, Texas
photographed 7.22.2023
non-united
I’m not even going to attempt to explain the Methodist church and the fissures that are now creating the Global Methodist Church from certain previously-affiliated United Methodist congregations. You can Google that on your time.
The not-very-neatly-applied duct tape on this sign sort of told me what I needed to know here.
Hope, New Mexico
photographed 7.4.2023
fan distortions
Now, you might think there’s no reason to bother going to Hagerman, New Mexico, but I am here to tell you that if you decide against going there, then you’ll miss this fan in the furthest west window of the First Presbyterian Church. (You’ll also maybe miss a worried-looking woman asking you if you know where Tawny is…apparently there was supposed to be a wedding? I didn’t stick around to see what happened, but maybe I ought to have.)
Hagerman, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2023
church/flowers
Delivery people were hard at work bringing large flower arrangements into the church. I don’t know if it was in preparation for anything in particular or just a regular Thursday flower delivery.
And here’s one of my greatest missed-opportunity shots, on the outside of the same church. I didn’t have time to really frame the shot, which is why that poor man has only one foot. And it’s also what I call a “fatal error” – a thing I can’t get past. But still: I’m posting it anyway. Caution to the wind and all that.
Chiesa de San Domenico
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 9.1.2023
here i go again
This town is so small that the church is practically the only thing there. So of course I stopped to take a look around. And – of course, one more time – I looked through the window to see what I could see (and photograph). It’s just a thing I do.
Swenson, Texas
photographed 5.22.2023
