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Haircut
I never had a haircut until I was seven years old*. I wore braids, long ones, that my mom braided every morning. I can remember begging her to let me wear my hair down, but in a early run at Worst Mom Ever certification**, she always said no. Then, for reasons that I am not sure I ever even knew, one day she took me to this very beauty shop. We left with my braids in a bag***, and my hair cut into a short bob. Of course, then I wanted a super-short pixie cut, but she vetoed that as well****.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 8.5.2018
*My mom trimmed my bangs by getting them very wet, plastering them down hard against my forehead, and cutting them straight (mostly) across. This method failed to take into account a cowlick right there in front, so when they dried, my bangs were on the…innovative…side.
**Of course she wasn’t really the Worst Mom Ever, but try telling that to adolescent me.
***Yeah, so we left with the braids. I don’t know what happened to them after that.
****Again, not the Worst Mom Ever, despite my strong feelings at the time.
Local Industry
You’ve got to diversify, right? So there’s pieces from a wind farm (and we’ll just assume a still-operable one nearby), some heavy machinery, an old well, just part of what keeps the economy out here rolling along.
Levelland, Texas
photographed 8.4.2018
Paisley
If you can make your mind think these things are a lot smaller than they are, maybe you can also make it believe that it’s just a stack of paisleys. Because that’s a thing, right?
Levelland, Texas
photographed 8.4.2018
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Wind turbines look pretty big from a distance – and up close…it’s almost hard to comprehend their size.
Levelland, Texas
photographed 8.4.2018
Saw/blade
I am not sure why blades on wind turbines would need to be replaced. I am not sure why, when they are replaced*, they’re stacked up on the outskirts of Levelland. I am not sure how long they’ll be here, or where they’ll go next.
But I am sure of this: they are huge, even when they’ve been sawed into pieces.
Levelland, Texas
photographed 8.4.2018
*Or maybe the towers are being removed?
