Radically Retired

Tag: Abandoned

  • Not My Choice

    Not My Choice

    There’s been a tendency in the past several years here, for people to purchase abandoned churches at a low price, and convert them into homes.

    This has never sat right with me – especially when the new owners don’t keep up the property.

    My feature photo is one example.

    This was once an original Lutheran church in our city. The last time I was in this church, it was many years ago for my father in law’s funeral.

    When the new Lutheran Church was built, the congregation split and for a few years, both were operating but with very small congregations.

    I don’t know what it is, but something inside of me wouldn’t allow me to have an abandoned church as my residence.

    How about you?

  • Wordless Wednesday

    Wordless Wednesday

  • Juxtaposition

    Juxtaposition

    Alongside a secondary highway, in San Juan, Texas, there’s a little park that we pass often.

    There’s a mini Lady Liberty, so we’ve often wondered what the park was all about.

    Last week, we finally stopped to check it out.

    The park is a war memorial, dedicated to armed forces members from the area who died serving their country in various wars since WW2 . Its name is Liberty Park.

    The subject of this post, and my feature photo is the juxtaposition of the words carved in the back of the bench and the abandoned items on the bench that hinted that maybe someone had spent the night there. What would be your guess about this scene?