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where is thy sting?

A grave marked by a barbed-wire cross somehow seems more raw, more tragic than if the marker had been a plain white one.

China Creek Cemetery
near San Saba, Texas
photographed 7.22.2023

soft flower in a red sunset

It didn’t seem like the sunset was going to be anything spectacular. But then the sky was gold and yellow and red and there were mammatus clouds.

And yucca flowers, bathed in the surreal light.

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 5.12.2023

sunbleached

This was one of those photos that I sort of thought I noticed when I walked by but it didn’t quite register in my brain. But then that little voice – the one that’s way smarter than I am – said, “Seriously? You’re just going to keep walking? Are you even for real?”*

So I turned around and made a photo.

Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.30.2022

*That voice is a total wise-ass.

cart park

We made a family excursion out to the driving range the other day. Some of us hit golf balls and others of us played around with the settings on her new camera.

Meadowbrook Golf Course
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 7.29.2023

the family athlete

This is Bennett. She plays all the sports. For a while her goal was to run a marathon; that lasted until she heard about ultra marathons and she upgraded the goal.

In the meantime, she plays golf and soccer and basketball and volleyball. She doesn’t walk if she can run. Her career ambition is to be an astronaut and her auxiliary career plan is to be a professional soccer player.

Meadowbrook Golf Course
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 7.29.2023