A Tale of Two Slurries
For those who’ve witnessed concrete being mixed and sent down the chute of a concrete truck, you’ll know the satisfaction of seeing it hit its mark, oozing over a grid of rebar as it fills the form…
The Explosion
The mountain watches over me hidden by clouds, or in cahoots with a sunset, reminding my downward dog to look up, not so many months before snow…
Heavy Lifting
Using rocks, because soil collapses in on itself when it's this wet, they're building a foundation that won't slide down the hillside…
Led By The Nose
Deep in dark water, the fish replenish what's cold, touching with whiskered snouts & gills of silk, the bottom of the spring-fed pond…
His Lumber
It's pretty typical for me to say that I can do something in an afternoon, that ends up taking ... an extremely compressed afternoon…
Shopping for Bread
The store at the lost four corners has a pump, diesel side to the left, and a regular one on the right, if your tank opens on the drivers side…
The Yurt Platform
As I’ve said, water pours out of these hills, & you’re either aligned with it, or it’s going to ruin your plans…
Julie’s Machine
The machine knocked it down faster than I could have, with my nail puller…
Phantom Dentist
We stood, truck to truck, mine blue, his red, the conversation stuck somewhere between past and present, as he leaned on his and I on mine, scuffling gravel with workman's boots, in the Bristol Beverage Center parking lot, to make up for lost time…
Wilderness Gates
As spiritual beings living a physical life, I find what helps purge mass media messaging best, is actual mud…
Unrehearsed Ritual
I did pretty much let go, thinking that "anyone in particular" was going to agree with me…
The Pallet Dump
The map was etched in my mind, or the key landmarks anyway, to get me to the pallet dump to find free materials for my new project: a rack for my truck, to hold rakes, shovels and anything with a long handle…