Wednesday, December 24, 2008

it took 32 hours per mile


t. holding court




p. (mouth full): a. (sr.)




all - me




a. (jr.), t. & gmom





for my mom, being a grandmother simply means more toys




i always see something new when i return home: this was in the backyard: notice the rusting hammer: probably been there for years




i'm not sure what this door is doing here: been this way for years




i'd rather not ask where this came from




this was the garden that i made with my mom some years ago: half of it has since been relegated to the grand-kids for use as a sandbox: there appears to be a wheel from a car in the sandbox: again, it is best not to ask questions about such things




m. & b.



b. & b.




t.




this was my second room: when i left home, it became something else: if anyone is curious about where my penchant for alcohol came from then this ought to suffice for an adequate answer: i hope to bring a.k. here someday, & let him stay in the room for a few weeks:

the following photos are a little jumbled in order



this is a part of a door panel that my dad & i picked up in santa fe when he took me to college in 1998: there are 8 carvings based on the kama sutra: it was a gift to my mother: made us all laugh




strangely phallic corkscrews




corks go here




photo of me with statue of dionysus in rome: dad on the left, somewhere else




brother in law and sister a. (sr.) putting together presents




testing presents on xmas eve




mom's bag collection




mom's toy collection: spider man & richie rich comics




mom's "workshop": there is a tractor seat in the left hand corner that i found on a roadside in montana & brought back for her knowing she would put it to good use




found this, apparently belonging to me: 1991-1992




my books still safe in the blue bins




i am staying in the odd room, my first room, that is perpetually going through changes: i am the only one that ever seems to venture into this lost corner of the house: i think my mom tried to make me feel @ home by making the room as strange as possible: it worked




mom's plans for the room written on the wall




very odd: i think i bought the pastel of the clown in paris when i was 15 or 16: how something so horrendous ended up in a frame, i'm not sure: though i am a bit touched that my mom actually held onto it: perhaps it was bought for this purpose...to hang above my "guest bed" 15 years later




mom's license plate collection




this is for t. phillips




all of us: i am second from the left: the only boy: the only one looking @ the camera




corner of 16th & bannock, in boise: for a.m.g.




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a.m.g.




somehow it ended up in my basement:




on the way to dayton: this sign didn't help @ all




i enjoy this for obvious reasons




p. & t.: i am letting t. sleep with 2 of my prized lambs, pictured here: names, baby & mary




found an old high school t-shirt (luggage lost, for now) & took a portrait in the bathroom




my mom doesn't seem to buy soap or shampoo or lotion: she gets it all from hotels all around the world & stashes everything wherever there is space




this is the window i used to sit outside of and smoke cigarettes: my first childhood bedroom: the window has since been bricked-off: no one goes into this room anymore (same as the odd room above)

Thursday, December 18, 2008

filling folds with tiny sounds


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a. setting some tumbleweed free




snow worked by wind




small lake




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slight crack in the ice filled with sand




walking across ice: sand dune with some snow in the background




feather in the ice



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climbing one of north america's highest sand dunes with a.




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a. with sled in wind




a. is down there somewhere




billy idol




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almost moving: you really see how high up we were in this photo




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exposed




snow + sand + wind




a. walking the spine: it is a lot higher & steeper than it appears here




it may have been 5 degrees




a. had sand everywhere: i don't think he will ever get it out of his ear




on ice



v. & i went to k.'s after work for some breakfast: the dog looked on




hashbrowns