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This particular afternoon was not a pleasant day to be out making photos – it was windy and dusty and cold. But the brain wants what the brain wants, and that day my brain wanted to go out and photograph billboards. (I know: my brain is ridiculous.)
This was the specific one I had in mind – I’d recently noticed it and appreciated the conglomeration of messages.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 1.14.2022
Counter Seating (breakfast)
Pro Tip: if you want breakfast at the Arcade Restaurant, get there just before they open so you’re in the first wave to get in. Otherwise, it’ll be a bit of a wait. I’m not saying it’s not worth the wait – because it is – I’m just mentioning in to help you manage your time. And, given the option, you know it’s always better to get counter seating because you get to watch all the stuff that’s going on. (Sadly, I did not have that option.)
The Arcade Restaurant
Memphis, Tennessee
photographed 12.27.2021
I am a man
The National Civil Rights Museum is a hard place to visit. It’s uncomfortable to be confronted with the racist history of our country. It’s sickening to learn about how many things were denied – institutionally denied – to people of color. It’s embarrassing to have to admit that I’ve lived many, many years without thinking too deeply about what it means. It’s sobering to think about how far we’ve yet to go.
In 1969, the sanitation workers in Memphis were on strike; they carried the “I AM A MAN” signs on the picket lines. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made two trips to Memphis to support the strikers, and one the second trip he was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, the same building that now houses the museum.
If you go to Memphis, please go to the museum: you’ll leave a different person than you were before.
National Civil Rights Museum
Memphis, Tennessee
photographed 12.27.2021
the day the train came to town
Maybe you remember that time last summer when we drove many hours to see a train? We weren’t the only ones who made seeing that giant steam engine a spectator event.
Mexia, Texas
photographed 8.15.2021
Please Register
I am not sure if I’m going to get in trouble by admitting that I did not register, even though I was clearly directed to do so…
Hopewell Cemetery
Freestone County, Texas
photographed 8.15.2021
One Day | One Image 