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index notch

If you ever wondered if those indentions in old-school dictionaries have a particular name, the answer is that yes, they do. They are called an index notch.

If you ever wondered if a close-up photo of an index notch* looked like a piece of wood that had been carved out, that answer is also yes.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 10.27.2028

*See how smart you are? You JUST learned a new word and there you are, already using it in a sentence. Yay, you!

not my type(writer)

The photographer that I was in 2018 thought this was a terrible image. However, the photographer I am right now was very excited to see it because it reminded me of a x-ray.

And so, kids, that’s why I almost never delete an image.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 10.27.2018

franky

There is something heartbreaking and endearing about homemade cemetery markers, and I have never seen a fancy granite (or whatever) carved stone that I liked even a little bit.

And I am sorry for the loss that Franky’s family experienced.

unnamed cemetery
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2016

italy (only actually havana)

Havana. I saw the Italy-hat guy in Havana. You’ll just have to trust me on this.

Havana, Cuba
photographed 11.7.2022

do not go gently

I was looking back through the images I made a few years ago on a photo trip to Havana and found some that didn’t catch my attention at the time.

Like this one, which I made on the first night in the country, of a vintage car driving in front of the Hotel Inglaterra. As we explored the neighborhood around the Parque Central, rolling blackouts rolled around.  It was a little surreal, the way the buildings would be flooded with light one minute and then gone when the lights went black. It was a regular thing, day and night, and I never got used to it.

Havana, Cuba
photographed 11.5.2022