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only seeing where you used to be
I went to this cemetery in the spring, and made a return visit just before Christmas.
The second visit was much sadder, for many reasons – some of which had to do with the snow and those footprints. It was also closing in on the anniversary of my mother’s death, which tinges everything with sadness at the end of December.
So, here’s a sad song, “Closer to the Light,”, for today’s Bruce Cockburn link.
Los Llanitos Cemetery
Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
you must travel on alone
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
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
Art Place
Here’s a broader view of an earlier post. The illustration of the church is quite nice, particularly because that exact view isn’t possible in real life, as the church is hemmed in with a river, some mountains, a highway, and parking lots. I guess this is a God’s eye view?
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
More on the way
This is what we saw on the way to see this church: last week’s snowfall and clouds bringing the next round piling up on the mountains.
Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
One Day | One Image 