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music is “Sheets” by Damien Jurado, here
Leaving out of Boise, we head north with the wind, and follow the Snake River all the way to Oregon along the Oregon Trail.
Just before the state line, a double rainbow appears. It’s a natural mirror of the man-made one we saw back in St. Louis, this one a true gateway to the west. Emily takes it as a very good omen, the best welcome sign she could have. She is dancing in the driver’s seat.
crossing Colorado and Wyoming – ground blizzard in Wyoming
Music:
Peter Biedermann “Circles”
Laurie Lewis “Trees”
The Whistles and the Bells “Mercy Please”
Missouri then Kansas. The red lights you see in the dark are windmills.
Music by:
Peter Biedermann “Christiana”
Dredg “Brushstrok: An Elephant in the Delta Waves”
“This way lies madness.”
Happy New Year everyone.
(Wait, is it already 2014 in New Zealand and Australia, or still 2013? Or already January 2, and you folks are past the hangover part and well into shamed regret?)
Arrived home at dusk one evening to find a young Gray Fox mousing in the yard. Beautiful animal.
A few years ago we gave up the pretense of a suburban lawn. Waaay too much work, and never cared for it anyway. Replanted with a no-mow grass and let it grow, then let the rest go back to wild. Almost immediately the wildlife returned.
One second of every day of one persons life for a year.
How compelling even the most mundane parts of life, when fleeting. Isn’t it all?