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His afflicted mother

I will always check to see if the church door is unlocked; I always hope that it will be. And when it is, I consider it an invitation to come on in and look around.

St. Mary Catholic Church
Marathon, Texas
photographed 12.24.2018

that may have been the last rainy summer (2015 )

I have tried for several years to get THE picture of this rain-fed wading pool in this desert park. It hardly rains any more, it seems, so this pool has been dry for years. And a dry wading pool wasn’t what I was after.

But there was that wet summer of 2015…and this photo waiting patiently (I assume) for me to notice that maybe the photo I was after has been there all along.

Post Park
near Marathon, Texas
photographed 7.10.2015

where the deer and the antelope…die

A stark and gruesome scene along the highway caught my attention. So you know what I did next, of course.

near Marathon, Texas
photographed 7.24.2016

Shorthand Images

It’s easy to tell that I was in the American Southwest – the iconic skull and dried-chile wreath gave it away.

Marathon, Texas
photographed 12.24.2018

Peaceful Veranda (with laundry)

It’s hard to remember that this hotel has a highway and a railroad right next to it – everything in here seems so peaceful.

My favorite things are the light through the leaves and that bundle of laundry.

Gage Hotel
Marathon, Texas
photographed 12.24.2018