That, ladies and gentlemen, is a 1991 Nissan 240SX SE, and I did truly love it. It made me feel like I was finally one of the boys. I found this one at a used car dealer in Chestertown (MD) while ostensibly looking for a new car for my wife. Other than a vague recollection [...]
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Telephoto of Taos Mountain from our road two days ago
I had a wonderful personal revelation today while I was hiking in the snow (and mud) at Taos Valley Overlook. On the off chance that there’s a point in here somewhere, enjoy… For years I’ve questioned what I did in getting us to move out here. Especially in times of fear, focusing on lack and [...]
L to R: George, Bob, Mary, Helen, Johnny, Joyce, Elsie, Grace, & John
Just look at those happy people! That’s a photo my grandmother labeled “the Farr tribe” from late spring many years ago in Chestertown, Maryland. In the main row from the left, that’s Granddad, Uncle Bob, Aunt Mary, my mother Helen, Aunt Elsie holding cousin Joyce, Granny, my father John, with me in the propeller beanie [...]
Come back wrecks, the field’s so empty now without you
Behold the modest young dude working his butt off doing dangerous work. You should have seen him going up and down the wall of wrecks using the chains as climbing ropes. This is interesting to me. There was a time I did vaguely similar things, back when bones almost never broke and if they did [...]
Reality is God
Who knows why we did it in the morning, but we had the seeds! [See Part I] The question was, what should we do with them? I’d gone down to Bob’s basement apartment. The weather outside was warm and sunny, but Bob’s one-room “pad” was dim and cool. Bookshelves and a bed occupied one side [...]
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