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Thank You Jesus for the Nails

Taos sunsets

Yet another sunset! Compensatory charm, you might say. I posted this image to Twitter early Friday evening: “From a wretched little dirt road on the south end of Ranchos de Taos,” as I recall. This is the only place I’ve ever lived where you can find trailers, dead cars, mudholes, and loose cows on top [...]

How to Live in New Mexico

interior of old adobe near Taos, NM

Learning to love shooting in RAW mode »Buy This Photo!«

Maybe it was the albacore tuna from Cid’s. My stomach swelled up so big with gas, I could hardly breathe. You can guess what happened in the bathroom at least twenty times. There is nothing like being choked by your own body, however, and that was much worse. I had to stay up most of [...]

It Has to Be a Sign

bull in the back yard

You really had to be there »Buy This Photo!«

The sharp, loud scream from my wife in the kitchen startled me out of a delicious slumber at 7:00 a.m. “Are you all right?” I yelled, staggering out of bed. (Cue visions of sharp knives, rattlesnakes, dead cats, and blood…) She was, fortunately, but something huge had just walked past the window: this guy! I [...]

Updates ‘n’ More

cat on stump in Taos, NM

I know, I know. The weedwhacker’s in the shop, okay? »Buy This Photo!«

This post was silly and has been removed. Bah! But I can tell you that I”ve learned a thing or two about being stuck. (Fear will do that to a man.) When it comes to art, you have to let it do what it will do. I had a 350-page pile of selected blog posts [...]

Kachina Peak from Taos Valley Overlook

Compare with previous photo, shot in roughly same location »Buy This Photo!«

My wife said this was spooky. I’m pretty well impressed, myself. It’s like the Universe is out to get me, and when it does, it’ll stick a big cigar in my mouth and honk a clown horn! First there was the hummer visitation in the sagebrush ocean. Then three days ago I got yelled at [...]

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