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Nikos

Posted Nov 22, 2023 at Cocoposts

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Single

Posted Nov 22, 2023 at Cocoposts

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Mushroom Men

Posted Nov 20, 2023 at Cocoposts

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Infinity on the Rio

Posted Oct 30, 2023 at Cocoposts

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Eclipse In a Colander

Posted Oct 14, 2023 at Cocoposts

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Mr. Nobody

Sadie and Cat had made a scarecrow in late September for a Halloween display the kids were putting up at the barn. They stuffed straw inside clothes over a wooden frame and propped it up on the second floor deck... Continue reading

Posted Oct 8, 2023 at Cocoposts

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October Round Things NOT Balloons in Albuquerque

Posted Oct 7, 2023 at Cocoposts

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Ace

He noticed the crows. Their loud calls distracted him from the white noise of pain. They were circling close enough to look him in the eye. They watched as he picked his way across lava boulders in his stupid dress... Continue reading

Posted Aug 10, 2023 at Cocoposts

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Ice House

There was a hidden entrance to the Cozy Y ranch house. The Colonel built a Spanish Colonial home in 1910. It sat on the mesa above the older structures on the valley floor beneath it. In one of these was... Continue reading

Posted Aug 9, 2023 at Cocoposts

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Pacific Coast Road Trip

I hadn't seen the Pacific in decades and it had been three years since I’d flown anywhere. A good friend invited me to drive from Seattle to San Diego along the coast. Trip planning was sketchy and flexible. But a... Continue reading

Posted Mar 23, 2023 at Cocoposts

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Cloud Laundry

White puffs move and gather light goose down feathers shaken from the blue sky sheet Continue reading

Posted Feb 26, 2023 at Cocoposts

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The Place Names of New Mexico - An Autobiography

Robert Julyan’s 1996 edition by UNM Press is the one I have. It’s pretty tattered. He dedicated the first edition to his daughter and signed this copy for my sister at a bookstore somewhere in Albuquerque. It’s dated 2/25/96. “For... Continue reading

Posted Feb 25, 2023 at Cocoposts

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Raswan in New Mexico

Carl Raswan renamed himself for a stallion he didn’t even own. That animal's character so entranced him that when the horse died unexpectedly he made the name change official. Or maybe he didn’t like his given name, Schmidt. Anyway, it... Continue reading

Posted Dec 25, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Christmas Movies

I watch the classics this time of year. My top two balance the light and dark of everything for me. The first is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Anyone who has ever chuckled at Chevy Chase or the jokes in a... Continue reading

Posted Dec 16, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Sandhills on the Rio

Posted Nov 24, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Cottonwood

This time of year in some places sometimes leaves on dark twisted branches turn to real gold and the whispering grandmothers talk about us. Continue reading

Posted Nov 11, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Posted Nov 1, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Angel

Angel had worked at the diner since he was eight. That was what Uncle Johnny liked to say but Angel’s earliest memory was standing on a stool washing dishes and he was probably only three or four. By eight he... Continue reading

Posted Aug 21, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Momentum

After the Colonel stole the land grant he fenced off the roads and trails, cutting off access to thousands of acres families had been using for a couple hundred years. Later most of it was bought by the feds for... Continue reading

Posted Jul 12, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Gravestone

San Lorenzo Mission Cemetery, Polvadera, NM Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Journey with Jerry - The Piro and the Missions

Took another Journey with Jerry. (See previous Journal entries here and here.) San Miguel Mission The church was locked up tight. We drove around the vast parking lot and I became acutely aware of what’s under the tires - probably... Continue reading

Posted May 22, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Ditchbank Love

Posted May 19, 2022 at Cocoposts

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So much for twitting quitter.

So much for twitting quitter. Continue reading

Posted May 19, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Cold Turkey Twitter

I Quit. The new oligarchic owner with an adolescent's impulse control gave me the push I needed. I've "deactivated" my account which is apparently the closest thing to leaving Twitter you can get. No withdrawal symptoms but it's only been... Continue reading

Posted Apr 29, 2022 at Cocoposts

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Cricket’s Revenge

The Deputy was the one that got the worst deal. Sandman paid with his life. He didn’t get pardoned by President Truman like Sheriff Happy and the other guy, even though he’d only watched them torture that black veteran into... Continue reading

Posted Apr 19, 2022 at Cocoposts

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