It’s just amazing how things work. For instance, if you never learned to tie your shoes properly, they’ll be loose and floppy and you’ll fall down a lot. That won’t be any fun, but eventually you’ll land face down on someone’s foot and see that knot right in front of your face. Next thing you [...]
Mystery
The air my god the air
The photo cuts too close and overwhelms me. I had to shake and wipe some tears away. “This world’s on fire, John!” no lie. It’s not the place, it’s not the image. It’s certainly not “Taos.” Forget Taos. You know what I mean. »Buy This Photo!«
Why yes it is
Just woke up here, hardly anybody knows. Man jumps out of truck and yells he sees it on me, right there! Digging his hands into the air like bear claws: “This world’s on fire, John!” Washed the rubber iguana today. Raked. Watered. Believed. »Buy This Photo!«
Um, what’s that in the lower hole?
I hiked a different trail this afternoon, imagine that. We found a real gem in the Rio Grande Gorge, but I’m not naming it here until I can check something out. You’ll see why. Those rocks! I don’t know what they are, but igneous for sure: lava, basalt, granite? There’s a place with great honking [...]
The ancient ones are not amused
The danger here is palpable. Call it what you will: angry spirits, corruption, evil vibes, you feel it. This was already here, a short distance away, when I first rented our old adobe on the hillside. It’s actually a kiva, an underground ceremonial chamber, or at least it was once. The Pueblo Natives who built [...]
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