So many dreams lately, so many dreams… Last night in an Irish pub while I waited for my wife and our little blonde-haired daughter, the warmest, friendliest bartender I ever met handed me a stack of coins and said, “Everybody feels better with a little cash…” Out of the blue this was. I hadn’t been [...]
Taos
New Mexico weather early warning system shown. Three hours later it rained in town.
Our house is in this shot if you have x-ray eyes
Bbehold the cool, dry New Mexico sky over Taos! This time with beautiful clouds. The amazing thing is, it covers the whole state and then some. Even more astounding, there are people here who do not know this. (I’ve been spotted at the meetings.) My head and heart are full this morning. It’s that kind [...]
Gold ore (!), fan, spotlights, jar of pennies, WD-40
For behold! From deep inside the dried mud cave with windows—look how thick the wall is in the doorway—a brief report on July at seven thousand feet. The cat, you see, has been outside, where it’s a little over ninety. Not inside these old adobe walls, however, and that is where she rests. The cracks [...]
Evening gato
My wife met someone today named “Thistle.” It might be “Willow,” though. She’s not sure. Very Taos, at any rate. But you have to give people credit for reinventing themselves here the way so many do. While this is a local industry, it does take a mess of hot lust to name yourself after a [...]
The hill is considerably steeper than it appears!
This local wrangler isn’t sweating blocking one whole side of the road to lend a stranded stranger cranking power. Right there is a metaphor for the ages. If that were my truck and horse trailer fifty yards from the center of town with traffic creeping by, I’d be way too nervous to do the right [...]
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