A series of electrical junction boxes along an abandoned rail line in western Kansas. Devoted to their pairings with the old telegraph poles and lines. Connected or not still stanchioning -proof of purpose and intent as we all are.

A series of electrical junction boxes along an abandoned rail line in western Kansas. Devoted to their pairings with the old telegraph poles and lines. Connected or not still stanchioning -proof of purpose and intent as we all are.

A series of electrical junction boxes along an abandoned rail line in western Kansas. Devoted to their pairings with the old telegraph poles and lines. Connected or not still stanchioning -proof of purpose and intent as we all are.

A series of electrical junction boxes along an abandoned rail line in western Kansas. Devoted to their pairings with the old telegraph poles and lines. Connected or not still stanchioning -proof of purpose and intent as we all are.

A series of electrical junction boxes along an abandoned rail line in western Kansas. Devoted to their pairings with the old telegraph poles and lines. Connected or not still stanchioning -proof of purpose and intent as we all are.

A series of electrical junction boxes along an abandoned rail line in western Kansas. Devoted to their pairings with the old telegraph poles and lines. Connected or not still stanchioning -proof of purpose and intent as we all are.

A series of electrical junction boxes along an abandoned rail line in western Kansas. Devoted to their pairings with the old telegraph poles and lines. Connected or not still stanchioning -proof of purpose and intent as we all are.

A series of electrical junction boxes along an abandoned rail line in western Kansas. Devoted to their pairings with the old telegraph poles and lines. Connected or not still stanchioning -proof of purpose and intent as we all are.

A series of electrical junction boxes along an abandoned rail line in western Kansas. Devoted to their pairings with the old telegraph poles and lines. Connected or not still stanchioning -proof of purpose and intent as we all are.

The high plains where the West was won and so much lost. The reclamation of farming beyond subsistence. It occludes what was free, but in and of itself is free. Tomorrow always beckons here with some kind of hope without glory, and closely held, moving to overcome.