Blog Archives

Hospitalization

This hospital closed for good in 2001. According to this article, at the time it closed, the hospital was the second-largest employer in town, with about 120 employees. The town itself had, at the time, about 2,200 residents, so the loss of that many jobs must have damaged the town’s economy in ways that are still being felt nearly twenty years later.

And, all these years later, there is still some stuff lying around. At this point, I guess it’s safe to assume it’ll just be here forever.

Hale Center, Texas
photographed 6.28.2020

HC Party

I think we can all probably agree that there ain’t no party like an HC party.

Hale Center, Texas
photographed 6.28.2020

Impermanent

Once you’ve seen this photo, you’ve gotten the gist of the entire town, unfortunately.

Melvin, Texas
photographed 6.15.2020

The Last Quarter

Here’s my confession: I didn’t even SEE the moon when I made the picture. I didn’t notice it until I was in Lightroom, looking for and erasing a few dust spots. And even then, I thought it was just a giant hunk of dust stuck on the sensor.

It’s a shame that I am not nearly as observant as I believe myself to be.

Katemcy, Texas
photographed 6.14.2020

Double Baptist

I drove through a town that was so small that I barely noticed it. (Sorry, tiny town.) On the north side of town I passed a church and seconds later, my brain decided that the sign out in front said “Double Baptist.” A minute or two after that, my brain also decided that I couldn’t go another day without a photo of the Double Baptist Church.

It is actually the Doole Baptist Church, and my brain obviously cannot be trusted.

Doole, Texas
photographed 6.15.2020