A part of me likes this. After all, if it’s cold as hell outside and snowing besides, everyone’s excused. Down to zero tonight or close to it, real numbers-don’t-matter-we’re-all-frozen-dead territory. Vehicles, house, your own damn self: if something’s not fixed right, tomorrow it’s broke. The cat’s going crazy from being inside. Sniffs at the threshhold [...]
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Telephoto from the back yard
What do I know, it just happens. This shot across the Talpa valley shows you where the snowline is. There’s a certain glory in this mess that’s helpful in a crunch, and am I not addicted to the drama, anyway? I spit on you, you ugly beast. (No, not this!) The days grow short but [...]
Taos Mountain, late Tuesday afternoon
Beautiful and terrifying, yes? Thank God we had a wood delivery this afternoon, the very piñon you see here. Pointing to the mountain after we’d unloaded, my wood guy said, “This is going to scare a lot of people. My phone is ringing off the hook…” That’s because the place he cut my load is [...]
In the canyon of the Rio Grande
A family of coyotes jumped a 22-year-old guy in Boulder County, CO the other night while he was waiting for a bus. He’s okay, but his face and hands are hurting. That’s what they went for, the face, and one wouldn’t let go of his hand. Coyotes aren’t supposed to bother adult humans. A spokesperson [...]
Our kitty-cat always starts with the head
You people on antidepressants don’t know what you’re missing. How are you ever going to know who stole your seeds? Personally, I’d rather be just fine for thirty days and then go catatonic in the morning. A certain constellation under a half moon, an overlay of weaknesses that line up with the map. Before I [...]
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