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look how far the light came

The exact light that landed on those beds was the exact light I needed. It was never precisely like this before and will never be this way again.

Or, as Bruce Cockburn says “Look how far the light came/to paint you this way.”

National Ranching Heritage Center
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.8.2026

turn to the setting sun

Maybe this is a new building in the NRHC’s collection. Or maybe it’s been there and I never noticed it. But I climbed up the berm to get this shot. Remind me to go back later, after the trees have leafed out, to get another version of it.

National Ranching Heritage Center
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.8.2026

a specific danger

And while the whole building may look dangerous, I guess it’s just that one corner of the garage door that we need to worry about. (Which is very helpful information, right?)

Lamesa, Texas
photographed 3.5.2026

aren’t all gifts “to go”?

Maybe you were here a few days ago when I talked about how much fun I have with language…

Technically, aren’t ALL gifts “to go”? (As an example of the things that crack me up a little bit more than they should.)

O’Donnell, Texas
photographed 3.5.2026

braille-ish

This place has five mailboxes which makes me think it is some kind of downtown apartment. But I can’t read the Braille* on the sign so I can’t really tell for sure.
Also, usually a pile of leaves in a doorway would indicate the building is abandoned, but it’s spring in West Texas, so all that probably means here is that the wind had been blowing. (Because OF COURSE the wind had been blowing. it is Thing That Happens on the regular.)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.4.2026
*Because it was too far up to reach. And also, because I can’t read Braille anyway.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.4.2026