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peace (and hiking boots)
I was unprepared to take a soak in the hot springs (due in part to my lack of taking the time to research what sorts of things were available to do in the area), but I wandered down the path to the first set of springs. And that’s where I spotted this message carved into the concrete. It gave me a good feeling about the place.
Montezuma, New Mexico
photographed 11.10.2025
church, unused
My traveling partner and I had a discussion about the appropriateness of opening a closed (but not locked) gate to gain access to this abandoned church and similarly disregarded graveyard.
Argument One: It’s a gate. It’s shut. With a chain hooked on it keeping it shut. We should stay out.
Argument Two: The gate also has a sign that says “Please close gate” which implies that someone has granted us permission to, you know, open it.
Anyway, here’s an old church.
near Sapello, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
$10.99
Yes, so I did in fact ignore all the interesting people and beautiful kilts and stuff at the Highland Games and take a photo of price tags. But I was only gone for 1/50th of a second and then came right back.
New Hampshire Highland Games and Festival
Lincoln, New Hampshire
photographed 9.19.2025
beachcomber
I believe that seeing things in the off-season (like this beach and amusement park) is somehow related to my affection for looking around the back of buildings.
And I know without a doubt that I much prefer quieter, duller amusement parks to their mid-summer counterparts.
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
photographed 9.14.2025
under the church
The church was locked.
So all I was left with was peeking underneath it; I’ll admit that the view is really pretty dull but I do like the way the wood lattice on the other side reminds me of leaded glass windows.
Also – while “St. Brendan” might sound like the patron saint of golf shirts or something, he’s actually the patron saint of sailors, travelers, and whales. And if you only take one thing away from this post, I hope it will be that whales have their own saint.
St. Brendan’s Chapel
Benneford Pool, Maine
photographed 9.19.2025
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