The shining hour has arrived. Something different has been waiting for a long, long time. My wife for one has never stood so straight or looked so beautiful. Either this depth and richness is a wild new thing or I just passed third grade. Best not go into that. I’ve never felt so strongly that [...]
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New Mexico’s 33rd highest mountain
This was the view from about sixteen miles away today. I shot this with my trusty Pentax K-x and a 55-300mm telephoto lens. The 12,115 ft summit itself is farther back up in the shadows. Lobo Peak is in the Columbine/Hondo Wilderness Study Area, so there must be a lot to see up there. I [...]
Looking northeast toward Pueblo lands
Well, what do I do now? This old adobe has no built-in closets, but one end of the added-on bathroom has a sturdy shelf of heavy boards that goes all the way across. There’s enough room underneath to hang two lengths of conduit from chains. My wife gets the left side, I get the right. [...]
Welcome to the rift
I had something of a breakthrough the other day. Yes, I have a lot of those, a consequence of having handicapped myself initially to bring more excitement to my later years. (Think of it as exercise in search of work.) So I feel pretty good. It really is different not being angry and depressed, and [...]
Now the gods know we mean business
Behold the glorious new day! Just before I’m dead, I come into my own. Anyone can do this, you don’t have to be a fucking kid. (More on that stuff later.) And see? I’ve gone completely native, too. They said it couldn’t happen, but it did. Good God, are we ever doomed. But no, behold [...]
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