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roadside wings
The clouds seem to mirror the wings on the cross, like the spirit of the person has ascended skyward.
Bailey County, Texas
photographed 8.17.2025
life’s hard road
Like most photographers, I have certain scenes that I am attracted to, that are meaningful to me.
About 1997 I started photographing roadside crosses; it was an exceedingly odd thing for me to do, because I would never considered myself to be a photographer. But there was a voice in my head, a feeling in my soul that I *had* to do it. I tried to ignore it as long as I could but eventually that voice became too much to ignore. For a decade, I photographed these memorials, first using a point-and-shoot film camera, then moving on to a very basic digital camera; I almost never photographed anything except these sad memorials.
Then one day, I was done. With the project, and with photography.
Only of course I wasn’t: two years later I took up posting a daily image and here I still am, shooting and posting my way through.
And eleven days ago, I stopped at a roadside memorial. Some things just don’t relinquish their hold on you.
Bailey County, Texas
photographed 8.17.2025
today’s hymns
I went inside every building in the entire town, which took a lot less time than it sounds like it would have. Of course, that’s largely because there is only one building in town and it has only one room. So all in all, I feel like I did a thorough building assessment.
Inez, New Mexico
photographed 8.17.2025
an early warning
There’s something different about the light quality these days – I can’t describe it at all. (I tried. It did not go well). I feel it more than see it…
But what I can see are that the sunflowers have drooped toward the ground, literally hanging their heads.
The change in light, the change in flowers: the seasons are tilting toward change.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 8.15.2025
bowl
I really hope that in its past the “bowl” sign was neon instead of just that faded paint.
But the main thing here is that partly-painted, non-matching green wall. It reminds me of when we’ve tried to match the paint on the walls at home and every single time, it worked just about this well.
Midland, Texas
photographed 8.10.2025
One Day | One Image 