Of course I put on my big hat. Wasn’t even going to drive out to the Pueblo at first, until New Mexico Magazine tweeted a link to an bloodless article about the feast day that didn’t even mention the koshares, or sacred clowns. Since I consider them to be the whole point, that meant I [...]
Taos
Telephoto shot near Taos Mountain, everything you see is Pueblo land
Just the photo now. Don’t need that other stuff, it just feels better this way. Deleted much appreciated but now out-of-context comments, too. Enjoy! »Buy This Photo!«
Taos Valley Overlook strikes again! And again, and again…
I‘ll never get over New Mexico skies. If we ever move away, I’ll miss them terribly. It’s possible there are others—this is one heaving big planet—but in my perversity, I’ve not allowed myself to wander more. Taos is a strange place, though. A very strange place. The sky and wonders of Nature are one thing, [...]
Heavy moisture rolling over Pueblo land
The rain is strange but welcome. About the time I decided everyone was doomed and it would never fall again, what did we get but dumped on. Not so much in Taos, actually, but north and south of here. It’s so damn sneaky, too. This afternoon, for instance, my wife drove off to her studio, [...]
Something doesn’t fit
Here’s a shot from just before the heavens opened up and rained all night and most of the next day. Inside the old adobe, we just got colder and colder. When it’s damp, you really feel it. I lit the pilot lights on the two gas heaters in the house and cranked up the one [...]
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