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you must travel on alone

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I’ve mentioned before the challenge in traveling to a well-photographed place like Santa Fe is finding something different to photograph. I used the well-proven tricks of looking down alleys and between houses and there it was: a bicycle that seemed to be waiting out the winter.

Today’s Bruce Cockburn is an old one,“Man of a Thousand Faces,” which was released in 1970. (I first typed that as 1790 – which is just slightly incorrect…)

Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015

and like ghosts, they’re gone

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On the far side of a tiny town, if you take the road that looks like it doesn’t go anywhere, you’ll pass by a little church.

The morning sun caught the squares of the window screen’s mesh in  a way that obscured the flowers, making them seem momentary, like if I looked again, they’d be gone.

And here’s the daily Bruce Cockburn, with “Use Me While You Can,” of his spoken word pieces that is just outstanding.

Puerto de Luna, New Mexico
photographed 9.21.2013

you can’t tell me there is no mystery

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My granddaughter’s hands holding tight to some mesquite pods.

And, in keeping in with the week’s theme, here’s Bruce Cockburn singing “Mystery.”

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 8.16.2009

through the joining and the parting

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There were abandoned churches all over Nova Scotia. Some had new life, others were too far gone for that to still be an option.

And, here we are on day two of my Bruce Cockburn lyrics-as-title experiment. Today’s comes from “The Light Goes On Forever.”

Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.27.2015

things to fear and to forgive

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A four-shot panorama, from last year’s Nova Scotian adventure.

Today’s the first day of eight where I’m using a line from a Bruce Cockburn song as the post’s title. Why? Because he’s terrific, and because it seeemed like the thing to do. And because I wanted to see if I could do it.

You can hear “Don’t Forget About Delight”, the song these words are from here.

The Lookoff
Kings County, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.26.2015