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| Train in New Mexico sunset. Photo: Luke Sharrett, NYT |
The editors and photojournalists of the New York Times are providing a bit of a respite for those whose wanderlust has been severely curtailed by pandemic restrictions on travel, in the form of a series of lush, lonesome photo essays entitled The World Through a Lens.
Although a maritime essay about British island-keepers was my first glimpse of this series, the chance for a virtual explore of the Mother Road is my first indulgence. (And yes, in Casa Hayes-Boh, "explore" as a noun is considered grammatically correct.) Among other things, this essay by Luke Sharrett (who, like me, grew up in northern Virginia) shows just how hard the elements have been on some of the old commercial signs. I wonder what a decade of further weathering will have left intact by the time of our planned odyssey.
Lagniappe
For further self care, the 1957 recording of Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite by Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra is the perfect audio to follow Sharrett's photography.
