April, 2007
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In, and Under, El Malpais
Ever been inside a lava tube? Yeah, me neither, leastwise until this last Saturday when I ventured out to El Malpais National Monument. El Malpais is 590 square miles of exactly what the name means in Spanish: badlands. Beautiful, mind you, but oh my is it rough, an area halfRead More …
Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Gone To Blue
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007 I’ve read everything the man ever published, most numerous times. Indeed, I’ve read Breakfast of Champions every year for the last 30 years. He was one of the greatest influences on my own writing. I will miss him. “Everything thatRead More …
Chaco
So, I finally made it up to Chaco Canyon on Monday. Had to rent an SUV to do it (more on that later) as there is pretty much only one way in and that’s after 20 miles of bad road. Chaco sits out in the middle of nowhere – somethingRead More …
D5 Creation