Recently, on a roadtrip coming back from south Texas, I stopped in Mason long enough and grabbed this photo of their restored courthouse. What a magnificent little courthouse, that was almost no more. The original courthouse was built between 1909 and 1910. What you see is not the entire original courthouse, it’s a restored version.…
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On a brisk Sunday, February afternoon, I stepped through a narrow wooden door of this small country church to pay my last respects to my grandmother’s niece. Covid finally claimed someone I personally knew. This church has stood for over a hundred years on the far eastern edge of the Llano Estacado. And it truly…
Read MoreI’ve always wanted to photograph the large safe in the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, Texas. During a recent First Friday Art Trail, I took a stolen opportunity to capture some images. Safes for some odd reason have always fascinated me. As I photographed it I reflected on its history of what it held exactly…
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Discovered this tiny chapel in the former Mercy Hospital in Slaton, Texas. Circa – 1951 Photograph – © Christena Stephens Photography
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Forgotten Winds 