With 10 Miles Behind Me

Black Brook XXVIII

katherinemerickson — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:07:44 +0000

August 2011. Black Brook Farm, Carlisle, MA.

Woke this morning to the stinging lash;
Every man rises from the ash.

–Phish

Taken with a Canon Rebel and Delta 400 film.
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Tromsø

katherinemerickson — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:00:45 +0000

June 2011. Tromsø, Norway.

She asks you is it good or bad
It’s such an icy feeling
It’s so cold in Alaska

–velvet underground

Taken with Hipstamatic.
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Boston V

katherinemerickson — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:34:29 +0000

July 2011. Boston, MA.

Suddenly we jumped, hearing the mighty noise of the huge double-decker trams that rumbled by outside, ablaze with coloured lights, like villages on holiday suddenly struck and uprooted by the flooding Po and dragged over falls and through gorges to the sea.

–Filippo Marinetti

Taken with Hipstamatic.
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White Pigeon

katherinemerickson — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:50:25 +0000

August 2011. White Pigeon, MI.

Do I stay or do I go
And maybe finally spit the ride?

–Nico

Taken with a Canon Rebel and Delta 400 film.
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Webb Ranch

katherinemerickson — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:21:37 +0000

October 2011. Webb Ranch, Portola Valley, CA.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

–Charles Austin Beard

Taken with a Rolleiflex and Delta HP5 film.
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Cumberland Island IV

katherinemerickson — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:04:22 +0000

April 2011. Cumberland Island, Georgia.

Beyond and above these figs were many more figs I couldn’t quite make out. I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn’t make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.

–Sylvia Plath

Taken with a Canon 60D.
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Badminton II

katherinemerickson — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:13:01 +0000

April 2011. Badminton, England.

People often ask me how to get to the top. Foremost, it’s sacrifice. You must almost give up your life. There is a simple-minded obsession that you must possess that is either in you or not.

–George H. Morris

Taken with a Canon 60D.
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Gulf of Finland

katherinemerickson — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:12:57 +0000

June 2011. Gulf of Finland.

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.

— Ernest Hemingway

Taken with Hipstamatic.
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Grand Island III

katherinemerickson — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:55:07 +0000

September 2011. Grand Island, Nebraska.

If you built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

–Henry David Thoreau

Taken with a Canon Rebel and Delta 400 film.
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Bonneville

katherinemerickson — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:46:31 +0000

August 2011. Bonneville, Utah.

America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race.

–Ralph Waldo Emerson

Taken with a Canon Rebel and Fuji Pro400H film.
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