This morning’s sky was appropriate. Orange with haunting eyes. Halloween. A big deal in my household. Always was. I’m of the camp that as soon as the day dawns it’s fair game to knock on doors and ask for food. Sarah disagrees. She claims we have to wait until dark. The boys were in great […]
Day 31. Searching for Sugar Man.
Today is my dad’s birthday. I am very glad he’s my father. He and my mom are in town, as tomorrow is also Jackson’s birthday. It’s nice having them here. Our kids adore them, and they adore our kids. They are troopers and have come out every month so far to visit. The kids miss […]
Sunrise Sunset. The Sky Blog. Day 27.
I think I may have to begin to add a research position to this blogging enterprise, like an internship. Or maybe I need to partner with someone at the college or the lab, for I’m finding that I’m a bit in over my head (sorry) with this topic. The more I look up, the more […]
100 Skies. The Blog. Day 25. A quarter of the way.
Okay, I was more aware of the sky when I was little. Not real little, of course, but medium little. I guess that’s just medium. That is, excluding this late and great resurgence, if anyone asked, which no one ever did, I’d say my sky awareness peaked around 15. It probably stayed high through my […]
100 Skies. The blog. Day 21. Driveways. Pre-Dawn.
So the sun rises over New Mexico at about 6:30. And through the window of my Delta flight, it looked great. Course, I was on the road well before, at 4:15 to be precise, so that I could make my 6 o’clock flight out of Albuquerque to get to my show this evening outside DC. […]
100 Skies. The Blog. Day 19. Fall.
Took this laying on some guy’s over-watered lawn here in town. I figure if he’s going to use all that water, he should let me lie on it. That’s what I would have said, too, had he shown up. But he didn’t. Thank god. Really nice looking tree, nonetheless. Was going to write about the […]
100 Skies. The Blog. Day 18. Shoes on the wire.
Seeing shoes on the line with Noah is a real treat. “Look Noah,” I point. He throws his hands up in the air and sings out “What????” He’s legitimately confused. ”Who’s shoes are they, daddy?” ”How did they get up there?” ”Why are the shoes on the wire?” ”How will someone get them down?” He […]
100 Skies. The Blog. Day 17. Wine tasting and a 53-point Turn.
Sarah and I went to a party in Eldorado with some other professors last night. I pulled the car into the host’s long cactus-lined driveway at sunset. He suggested I spin around and back in, as he figured that once it was dark (and we had some wine in us) it would have been nearly […]
100 Skies. The Blog. Day 16. Big Sky and the Jedi.
It’s important to stay on point. This thing began as a series of sky pictures because the sky out here is big and brilliant. I’ve gotten off topic, looking at birds and lights and enchiladas and such. But here we get back to it, somewhat, at least for the moment. The endless sky. Remarkably, it […]
100 Skies. The Blog. Day 15. Little Horses and Big Enchiladas.
One man. 2 horses. Mexican food. The guy’s got it all really. Los potrillos means, of course, “the young horses,” which is a great name for anything, particularly a place that serves burritos (little donkeys). It’s a great sign. Trying to lead a couple of horses (to water, say) is a good analogy for so […]