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parallels
I don’t even mind the way those wind turbines look against the sky. And what about the way they seem barely tethered below the horizon? Or the way the contrails line up with them?
Floyd County, Texas
photographed 12.29.2024
the future approaches
Here’s our situation, conveniently located within one photograph: an almost-gone farmhouse and so many wind turbines I can’t even count them.
Also – and I won’t divulge how I know this – that field was a lot muddier than it looked.
Wastella*, Texas
photographed 2.15.2020
*Yes, that is the actual name of the place. Apparently the town’s founder named it for his daughter, Wastella. My question is who in the hell would give their child a name like that??!?
Unseen things
It was the foggiest of days and things like deer and feral hogs and towns and other cars kept shifting in and out of sight. And so did all the giant wind turbines.
near Clarendon, Texas
photographed 12.27.2019
The place was at a crossroads
This old school – now without either students or a roof – is caught right there between the agricultural past and the wind-energy future.
Borden County, Texas
photographed 10.20.2018
Yield: this is bigger than all of us
I took a bit of a road trip the other day, down a small farm road. I was surprised by how many wind turbines had sprouted in the fields.
Borden County, Texas
photographed 10.20.2018
One Day | One Image 