Visited my friends Diane and Marco in Taos last week. Diane has a fucking brain tumor (more about that later) and there were many logistics in operation. But there was also plenty of beauty at which to marvel, and the whole New Mexico vibe to rock to: they talk about “personal transformation” there the way some people talk abou doing laundry. It’s pretty different from Chicago, but if you can relax and go with it (as I must admit I was never able to do before this trip) some amazing things can be discovered, maybe.

Diane and Marco are caretakers for a little village on a ranch in San Cristobol. Aldous Huxley lived there, and the DH Lawrence Ranch is right down the road. Georgia O’Keefe used to ship her paintings from their trading post.

Here is the “cabin” where I stayed:

A bike killing time in the barn. Boy, did I want to take a brass brush to that sucker:

Bones. Always with the bones…

Sunset at Rudy’s:

Whitey, my favorite of their six Border Collie pups:

Marco prepares to SHEAR the sheep. That’s SHEAR the sheep, people!

More at flickr.

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