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monday – friday

All I know about Jonathan, who died at this rural intersection, are his birth and death dates.

He was born on a Monday and died on a Friday.

Separate from his cross, there were three others; they were wooden and unmarked.

Lynn County, Texas
photographed 2.28.2026

roadside wings

The clouds seem to mirror the wings on the cross, like the spirit of the person has ascended skyward.

Bailey County, Texas
photographed 8.17.2025

descansa en paz

For about ten years, I would stop at every roadside memorial that I saw (traffic and other conditions permitting). Then one day, it seemed like I was finished with that and ready to move on.

But still, every now and then, I’ll see a memorial that calls to me, as this one did along a lonely stretch of a remote road.

Edwards County, Texas
photographed 1.28.2022

Memory

Someone carefully tends to this roadside memorial: a sadder task is hard to imagine.

Clovis, New Mexico
photographed 6.6.2021

Hope, lost

I always think I’m through photographing these roadside memorials. But then I see one like this and I know I’m not really done.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.16.2021