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The Grief Swing
The first burial in this cemetery was in 1878, a seven month old boy who died on December 30.
Since then someone has built a metal swing beside a clump of trees. But is it possible, really, for a swing to dissipate grief?
Holt Cemetery
San Saba County, Texas
photographed 6.14.2020
Surveilled
The 2018 census estimates put the population of Melvin, Texas, at 167. And I swear that every one of those 167 residents found a reason to drive through town while I was there. It seems more efficient if one person drives through and then lets everyone else know what’s going on. But what do I know?
Melvin, Texas
photographed 6.15.2020
Winding is the path
Something something something spiritual metaphor something something.
(Sorry. That’s all I can muster.)
Ballinger, Texas
photographed 6.13.2020
Holy Water
Worship in the Time of COVID is not nearly as catchy a title as Love in the Time of Cholera.
And anyway, hand sanitizer as a narrative is really, really boring.
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Olfen, Texas
photographed 6.13.2020
No Swimming
I’ve been to this swimming pool before, five years ago, and made almost exactly this same photo. I know what I like, right? (Or I’m in a half-decade-long rut.)
But wait – coming soon to this very blog is a photo of a small-town swimming pool that is still in operation! Aren’t you so excited?
Spur, Texas
photographed 6.10.2020
One Day | One Image 