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March 3
If you head north out of New Home, after you pass the school, the first road you come to is County Road 6. Take a right. Don’t worry – the road’s not paved, but it’s been ages since it rained, and that red dirt is as hard as pavement. This is what you are looking for: your map (page 44 in The Roads of Texas) has a tiny cross and the words “Mt. Zion” and you think it might be a cemetery. You are wrong: it’s this church, which doesn’t have a sign out front. Later, on your way back to the main roads, you’ll see this, which clears up a bit of the mystery:
No cemetery, but you haven’t wasted your trip down the dirt road. Not at all.
near New Home, Texas
(Also, while you are there, a man driving a diesel pickup will stop and say, “Howdy, ma’am. I’m a rancher, looking for some land to graze my cattle on. Do you know if the church owns this land over here?”)
March 2
There’s something about cemeteries, I guess, that attracts photographers. You can probably draw several conclusions about this, and probably all of your conclusions would be correct.
And, so, here’s a scene from the San Jose Cemetery, as a summer storm builds up over Lorraine, Jesus, a flock of angels, and her cross.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 8.3.2011
March 1
Maybe you can’t tell from reading the blog, but I have studied writing. Yes! I really have.
I have been fortunate enough to have twice gone on writing retreats at Windbreak House, a writing retreat for women on writer Linda Hasslestrom’s ranch near Hermosa, South Dakota. Linda is an excellent and a tough-but-inspiring teacher; I am fortunate to have had the opportunities to study with her.
This shot is a (very) weathered door on an outbuilding on her ranch. (You didn’t really think I’d sit inside all day and write, when there were obviously things that needed photographing, did you?)
near Hermosa, South Dakota
photographed 10.21.2009
February 29
A scene in a cemetery that’s called simply the Old Burying Ground.
on Casco Bay
Kittery Point, Maine
photographed 4.12.2011
February 28
If you happen to find yourself in Marathon, Texas, and if you’ve got a bit of time on your hands while you’re there, you might enjoy checking out the Gage Gardens; it’s a bit of an oasis in the desert, and it’s where I found this fountain.
Marathon, Texas
photographed 11.13.2011
One Day | One Image 