the backyard of my mind

I’ve let the blog lie fallow for a while, mostly due to lack of inspiration, and illness. I’m going to try and write a bit on a semiregular basis for a while, and see what that brings. The new image on the header photo is Align, by Type A, an artists collective, installed in the 100 Acres art/nature park in Indianapolis. (I highly recommend visiting there, it’s a great experience!)

Sunset 2

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Sunset today. Incredible.

Things that make you go "Huh?"

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Mammy’s Cupboard. Just south of Natchez, MS on US 61, the sight of this looming out of the early morning fog caused me to nearly break my neck snapping around to get a better look. I actually went back to get a picture- too bad it was closed.

Abandoned

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This building is falling down right next to the old Illinois Central line in Vaughan. It may once have been the site of a Casey Jones Museum, as it is adjacent to the site of his famous wreck.

In Between

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There’s a delicacy about autumn that I love- the sense that change is coming, the cooler nights, the shorter days, the slightly ominous feel of things dying around you. Witness this leaf: dead, but yet suspended in midair, its fall interrupted.

This is from a TED talk last year. Astonishing.