Taos

Last Winter on the Hill

old Taos adobe

Quiet windless days before the storm

One way or the other, that is a true statement. I’ve learned more about myself and this old place than I can stand, and when the love of my life asks me whether she’s going to die here, we are definitely out of bounds. My answer was of course, “I certainly hope not!”—and now to [...]

Seven Degrees at the Edge of Town

snowy backyard in Taos, New Mexico

More fun with polarizing filter and RAW mode

The sun here in the winter is a saving grace. It melts the snow, dries the mud, and feels damn good against the skin at seven thousand feet, even as you’ve been living on the edge so long, it’s flat, and the air is cold enough to kill you. The temperature dropped to 7 degrees [...]

Turning Colder in the Mountains

Taos Mountain in the clouds

Taos Mountain this morning

Not ready for this, neither physically or emotionally. But it’s a-comin’, boys.

Hammerhead

old Taos scene

Abandoned (?) neighbors’ house beyond

My God, it’s like I never saw this path before! How long have I lived here, a dozen years? And my wife for ten? But it’s never resonated as a symbol until now. Remembering the track my grandmother scuffed across the carpet in her thick old lady shoes, walking from the bathroom to her chair, [...]

Good Morning from El Norte

doves

Vulture doves waiting for sunflower seeds

Up and out of bed at 3:00 a.m., lasted until quarter after four. Kind of wrecked my morning, as evidenced by the fact I didn’t get this posted before noon. Ah, well. Nice doves!

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