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(a short story)

After her mother finally died, Muriel decided it was time to learn how to play pool.*

Alpine, Texas
photographed 3.24.2021

*A short story. I didn’t actually, you know, talk to the pool players.

Rodeo Portrait 3

Here’s the last of the rodeo portraits that I made earlier this month. And you know what? I didn’t even hate doing this!

Levelland, Texas
photographed 4.2.2021

Rodeo Portrait 2

Still with the people? Oh, yeah. And now there are horses.

Levelland, Texas
photographed 4.2.2021

Rodeo Portrait 1

I know: there’s a person on my blog. And you want to know what else? I went to a rodeo with the sole purpose of making this kind of photo – one with a person or two in it. I did! And it was actually an enjoyable challenge.

But, still, sort of shocking.

Levelland, Texas
photographed 4.2.2021

Another kind of border wall

The river, of course, is the international border between the United States and Mexico. The cliffs are in Mexico and those grasses are in the United States.

Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas
photographed 3.25.2021