Mystery

Spirit Wars

sunset in Llano Quemado

Wednesday evening sunset

Thoughts from the past pull me down. Can’t look at this stuff. I’m older now, with more awareness. Sure, I’d do things differently in an impossible world. The horror is misplaced, in other words. I imagine something that never could have been. There is no crime! Women are better at this, I think. More present. [...]

Colorado Beans

weird truck seen in Taos, NM

Shot one-handed with a DSLR while driving (don’t try this at home)…

You have to admit, you don’t see something like this very often. I’ve been around quite a long time, and I can safely say I’ve never gone down the road behind a Colorado beans truck. For that matter, I don’t know if I’ve ever eaten any Colorado beans or why I’d want to, but now [...]

Skull City

steer skull in snow

Found this in a tree on a deserted mesa

This post has morphed to mystery status! Previous content under evaluation. (We work with live ammo around here, ya know.) Enjoy this New Mexico totem. And yes, I really did find it in a tree. You can read the story in my TAOS SOUL book. It’s the last chapter, actually: “Piñon Lift,” which almost gives [...]

Victory at Sea

Taos kitchen scene

Title courtesy Dept. of Obscure Cultural References. Art work by T. Farr.

I‘m Popeye the Sailor Man I’m Popeye the Sailor Man I’m strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach I’m Popeye the Sailor Man I’m one tough Gazookus, which hates all Palookas Wot ain’t on the up and square I biffs ’em and buffs ’em and always out roughs ’em but none of ’em [...]

Golden Wet Leaves of the Gods

cottonwood leaves in clear water in New Mexico

Most of these are underwater. Can you tell where the surface is?

A little voice told me to take my camera with me on my hike today, but of course I didn’t, so naturally I encountered three tarantulas! The third one was the biggest I’ve ever seen, crawling along the bottom of an arroyo. At any rate, that’s why you’re looking at those underwater leaves in the [...]

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