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Upward
On the windy west side of the church, a non-ADA-compliant ramp and a skinny steeple direct worshippers upward. Or did: as I mentioned yesterday, the church seems to be out of business.
near New Home, Texas
photographed 3.24.2020
Tree and Church Battle It Out
The tree got bigger, maybe, than anyone anticipated. Now it’s so close to the building that the roots are pushing into the wall, gradually ripping off the stucco. It’s a battle – who’ll win?
Hint: the church is vacant with a for sale sign in front.
near New Home, Texas
photographed 3.24.2020
all will be revealed in time
Go on – enter the church. Go on – approach the altar. Go on – let the silence speak to you. Go on.
Terlingua, Texas
photographed 1.20.2013
All the diamonds
My college boyfriend – let’s call him “Steve”* – and I spent a weekend in this town back in the day. His grandmother lived here and so did an aunt and we went to visit. My only clear recollections of that trip are that Steve and I climbed up the cliff behind the town and that his grandmother said I looked like Haley Mills. (Editor: Nope. I did not look one bit like Haley Mills. Maybe she told all of Steve’s girlfriends that story.)
The other thing I learned is that the town’s name, as pronounced by the locals, is “Santy Anna” with the words sort of mashed together into one.
And this? This is the side entrance to the church.
First United Methodist Church
Santa Anna, Texas
photographed 2.17.2020
*The main reason we should call him Steve is that was his actual name.
And there was light
The gentleman who was mowing the lawn across the street from the church was mightly interested in what I was doing. I guess they don’t get too many photographers wandering around town.
Anyway, I ducked out of his view, down a sidewalk, and was rewarded with the sight of the sun cutting through the old pressed glass windows.
First United Methodist Church
Santa Anna, Texas
photographed 2.17.2020
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