It's strange how cool the night feels and how enjoyable the smell of a campfire is. Lights above a breakfast bar, taken February of 2023. #blackandwhite#photography

It's raining today, and I'm tired. A close-up of a young scrub #oak's#boughs#blackandwhite#photography

Today, I remembered why the sky is blue. A support pole for a portch under construction, taken in March of 2024. #blackandwhite#photography

I imagine most people try to avoid sadness or resist it. But I let it and emptiness wash over me. Depression is like a warm blanket sometimes: it feels safer than the unknown. A hand with a #wedding#talons#bear#blackandwhite#photography#theran

It's such a shame that language can both unite us and divide us so easily. Dried #flowers#ValentinesDay#blackandwhite#photography

Sometimes, that's all we can do. Thank you.

When I am sad or angry, I don't want to talk about it. I just want to be alone: it's all I know how to do. And yet, I can't. A pasture lined by trees in the country, taken in March of 2022. #blackandwhite#photography

Marriage is a difficult relationship. You can love each other, and still, at times, hate each other. But the dance gets old and I am tired of it. My #engagement#weddingrings#javawood#blackandwhite#photography

I still think about my first ex and wonder how he is and what he's doing. I left him in the dark and never spoke to him again when I realized we were not what I thought. #Moonrise#VilanoBeach#SaintAugustine#blackandwhite#photography

There are many things I do not understand. I am able to spout mechanically what happens like a parrot. No one is the wiser. In this, I have failed people as a person. A crowded county fair, taken at the #FiddlerCrabFestival#Steinhatchee#blackandwhite#photography