Before It Was Empty, It Was Everything
The Katy Depot in Altus was never just a building. It was a node that connected a town to the wider world, until the system around it changed.
Collections
Essays where places, infrastructure, and landscapes reveal the continuity between history, belonging, and civic life.
The Roads We Built to Bypass Ourselves
A reflection on Route 66, WPA bridges, interstate highways, and the quiet transformation of American civic life.
The Roundhouse That Isn't There
A forgotten railroad roundhouse survived for decades in family stories. Aerial photographs revealed the rest of the story.
Remembering My Father
A Christmas photograph, a vote center, and the realization that my father was younger than I am today.
Civilization Leaves Fossils
A cemetery, a glass door, a city boundary, an old symbol. Civilization leaves low-information artifacts behind, fragments that reveal the larger systems that produced them.