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passo carrabile
The thing is that when you’re from somewhere relatively new (like Lubbock, which was incorporated in 1909) and go someplace relatively old (like Palermo, which has been around for more than 2,700 years) everything seems so rich in detail and history and stories that it starts to feel like very single thing needs to be photographed. And while I did not actually accomplish that lofty goal, I sure did give it a good try, which is why I present this: a pair of wooden doors, a garbage pail, a keypad entry, and a “no parking” sign.
The down side of going to Palermo is that Lubbock doesn’t stand up very well in comparison.
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.29.2022
to move toward the light
You may recall the breathless excitement that I brought back from my trip to Sicily early last fall.
I am still breathless when I think about it, so this starts a week of photos from that trip.
This is the most typical of typical Sicilian street scenes: narrow streets paved with worn-until-they-are-shiny stones, close-set buildings that block out a lot of sun (until they don’t), graffiti on the walls, laundry (often) hanging from balconies. And on and on.
(I guess the only thing in this photo that’s not typical is that the street doesn’t have pedestrians/cars/motorbikes sharing the space.)
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.31.2022
piñata (fireball and advil)
There was a piñata for the little kids, a piñata for the teenagers, and a piñata for the grownups. Ours had Fireball, Tito’s Vodka, and Advil.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.24.2023
uneven usage
It makes me happy to know that more people scrape their bumpers up against that one marked space on the right than they do the other one.
Slaton, Texas
photographed 6.23.2023
like a swim-up bar, only with quesadillas
Those kids from yesterday’s photo moved on to having poolside quesadillas. Later, a soggy half-eaten quesadilla was plucked off the pool deck and thrown away. No one ever even missed it. As far as we know.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 6.24.2023
One Day | One Image 