Essays taken from a weekly newspaper column published in the Washington County News, Washington, Kansas. Look for my book, "Dispatches From Kansas," available from Amazon.com, or from the author.
Looking at the pencil sharpener, I can smell the shavings. Emptying the sharpener was nearly as prestigious as cleaning the blackboard erasers.
I am so old.
Beautiful symmetry in the photo of the snow.
I've really enjoyed some specific photos, but the overarching feeling tonight is sadness. Emptiness and space - like New Mexico - is freeing and rejuvenating. Desolation is so distressing.
Linda -- Today's images were taken in a house slated for demolition. I found it interesting, and not a little sad, at all the writing on the walls. Entire lives were written there if only they could be deciphered...
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Looking at the pencil sharpener, I can smell the shavings. Emptying the sharpener was nearly as prestigious as cleaning the blackboard erasers.
I am so old.
Beautiful symmetry in the photo of the snow.
I've really enjoyed some specific photos, but the overarching feeling tonight is sadness. Emptiness and space - like New Mexico - is freeing and rejuvenating. Desolation is so distressing.
Linda -- Today's images were taken in a house slated for demolition. I found it interesting, and not a little sad, at all the writing on the walls. Entire lives were written there if only they could be deciphered...
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