March 26

After my mom died, my dad gave me a box that had two almond-scented bars of soap inside; it was a little gift he'd given her for Christmas, but that she'd never used.

I've kept it in my office since then, but never noticed until today the fine quote from Henery David Thoureau on the inside lid of the box.  As soon as I get this posted, I am going to check out the rest of the box; perhaps it also has quotes from Rapllph Waldoe Emmersonn or Louisia Maye Alcotte.

I'll let you know if I find anything interesting!

Lubbock, Texas

(Lens on loan from someone who knows the right way to spell "Henry")

February 27

Remember when paper clips only came in silver?

Lubbock, Texas

(lens provided by Metropolitan Dallas Lens Services, Inc., C. Vigil, owner)

Makeup #12

What used to be the school at Hart Camp, Texas.

Here's what the Handbook of Texas Online has to say about the place:

HARTS CAMP, TEXAS. Harts (Hart) Camp is at the intersection of Farm roads 37 and 168, north of Blackwater Draw, twelve miles south of Olton, and seven miles north of Spade in east central Lamb County. R. C. Hopping established the town in 1927 as a speculative venture, and by 1930 it had a school, a gin, a blacksmith shop, and two stores. Several businesses and a church were reported there in 1964, but by 1968 the school building was being used to store grain. The community was shown on county highway maps in the 1980s. The 2000 census reported a population of eight.

One gets the idea that the 2010 census won't even show eight residents.

Hart Camp, Texas

photographed 9/27/2008