All right, this is serious. The Upper Gorge, formerly known as Wild Rivers Area, now part of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Haven’t been up here for years. This is where we came in ’98 before we moved, when I looked out at pure landscape (not this view) and started to cry. It [...]
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Taos Mountain today with dark October sky
Oh, you can tell. Never made it out of the sixties today, heading into the forties tonight. I asked my wife if I should make a fire. Deviously though, as if she were the one to want it: “Not in August!” I understand. Summer is a state of mind at seven thousand feet. (Believe you [...]
In fifteen minutes they were gone!
What a fine day today! The monsoon storms did a slow dance all around and left us high and dry. Not that that’s a good thing, but at least we’re spared the noise of extra growing things and lambs a-frolicking in the dew. In a similar vein, we noticed yesterday evening the extraordinary presence of [...]
Nature knows best
I swear I never saw these plants before in my life until a few months ago, right here. They’re incredibly tough. They made my Craftsman Brushwhacker cry. All I did was trim them some to make a path. Now they’re turning brown. There’s some outlaw septic tank drainage field work under all that, too, most [...]
What a concept
I was wondering what kind of vehicle to get. I want to be able to get out in the boonies or drive cross-country if I need to. Back on the Eastern Shore of Maryland when weirdos and hippies could rent old houses on the water for fifty bucks a month, my old friend and fellow [...]
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