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Window Seat

This chair, set tight against a window-without-glass, seems to represent a someone’s sad story.  I’ll let you fill in what you think is going on – I have my own ideas…

Maywood, Nebraska
photographed 8.26.2018

Last winter’s hat

If you go to Maywood, Nebraska, and look through the door of the community hall, you can see a chair, a baseball uniform, a display case full of trophies, a basketball court. And you’ll also see last winter’s hat, hanging upside down and waiting for cold weather to return.

Maywood, Nebraska
photographed 8.26.2018

Salt is very popular

Evidently, salt is a very popular item in this part of Nebraska – it accounts for 25% of the words in the signs on this market.

On the other hand, maybe the proprietors over-estimated the need for salt: the place is out of business…

Maywood, Nebraska
photographed 8.26.2018

Market (closed Sunday)

The Patient Spouse and I have just returned from a drive across Nebraska, where we visited some of the towns he lived in as a child. This grocery store was there when he was a kid, and I sort of think the very same person still works there as a cashier… The place is closed on Sunday, so we’ll never know for sure.

Maywood, Nebraska
photographed 8.26.2018