The Writing on the Wall

New piece in the July Texas Monthly, “The Writing on the Wall,” about climate change, drought, and the rock art of the Lower Pecos river. See Sombrero.net for more photographs.

Halo Shelter

From a panel of pictographs at Halo Shelter, near the Devils River, in Val Verde County, Texas.

Mt. Cristo Rey

At the pilgrimage of Mt. Cristo Rey, west of El Paso. She walked for God, without shoes, hoping for a favor.

A friend writes …

The Mendacity of Hope, spotted by my friend Ginger Strand at the Occupy Wall Street library in lower Manhattan.

Objective Correlative

 Juno, Texas (July 30, 2011).

What remains of the South Divide pasture, three months after the Deaton Cole fire, near Juno, Texas. No signs of life, except the mesquite, which would flourish even in hell.