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Week 51-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa We are rolling into the last couple weeks of 2025, wrapping up business, and gearing up for the holiday cozy. Keeping it simple this year with an annual viewing of Christmas Vacation, and adding in a Christmas horror movie, dip-palooza, and mulled "wine" (juice

Week 50-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa We had our first "major" snowfall - 4" - and it was beautiful. It was cold cold cold for a few days after so the snow has lasted longer than it usually does. The wood stove has been pumping out the cozy nearly

Nix/86 - Days 1 - 3 - Graphic Novel/Zine

Nix/86 is an autobiographical novel/zine/comic that I am working on during the last 86 days of 2025 about struggles to get more mobile. The pages are drawn in ballpoint pen and colored with Procreate after scanning. Alt Text - Day 1 (left side of page) Nix/86

Week 47-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa This past week we were greeted with another awesome night of aurora/northern lights courtesy of a X5.1 solar flare. The reds danced across the northern night sky, while a green glow as bright as a cities light pollution hugged the horizon. It was WOW!

Week 42-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa This past weekend an estimated 7 million people demonstrated against the increasingly puerile US administration. The administration answered by shit-posting AI slop. The joke show clown circus continues. I am generally disgusted, but inspired by the fact that people are starting to wake up. Fall has

Week 39-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa And just like that another summer is over. And suddenly a greater roadrunner has been running around the property. Out of range, but a lifer for me! Speaking of birds check out the free ad-free doc on Youtube called Listers. It's about two brothers

Week 32-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa We are deep in monsoon season and zucchini. The hummingbirds have started their migration and our feeders are loaded, we've never seen so many birds at once. Lots of Rufous hummers which is good news! We've been under a heat dome and

Week 30-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa What week are we on? Summer is here, the garden is popping veg at an astronomical rate due to the abundant monsoon moisture we've been receiving. We had some handymen come out and finish the insulation and install wallboards in the movement studio. KP

Week 20-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa Time keeps on ticking. Ticking. Ticking. Into the future... We are just off back to back visits from family which was really nice. Garden season is in full swing - starts have been potted up, and the species Tulips are blooming. Yesterday the first Mockingbird arrived

Week 15-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa Wow, 7 weeks since the last update, A LOT has happened. I think winter is fully over and we have gone straight to summer - 80 yesterday, creeping in the upper 70s today. Our taxes are done, and the hummer feeders are up. Hummer migration is

Week 08-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa We set out for a mini adventure to southern Colorado to cross the Rio Grande at the one-lane historic Los Lobatos bridge in S. San Luis Valley. We arrived at the bridge to find a bald eagle fishing (successfully). The bridge is 'out there'

Week 05-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa Wow, America is devolving more rapidly than I ever even expected. Checks and balances have gone the way of the Dodo. Wheee! Meanwhile we are carrying on. Winter is gone again, and we are delighting in some 60+ degree weather. Bring out the shorts! Curiosities of

Week 04-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa Well here we are in a new dystopian reality. Buckle up. In other news we have been waiting to get a wood stove insert installed in the fireplace. That happened. It's wonderfully cozy and toasty. It's been a slow January so far,

Week 02-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa Winter has finally returned and with it some seriously cold nights. The fireplace is scheduled for a glow-up next week in the form of a new wood stove insert. I'm looking forward to some cozy nights around a fire again. How's your

Week 01-25 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa Finally back into the groove of the blog thang after taking a bit of an unexpected break the second half of 2024. I don't have any overarching goals for 2025 - let's see what kind of ride it takes us on for

Week 52-24 - Photos

Or how the year ended in pix: Going to be switching things up in the new year. Let's see what 2025 brings. Thanks for reading, see you next week!

Week 38-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa It's finally happened, we are un-stalled. It feels transformative. Things are moving forward again. And more. The garden is go-grow-going big time, a complete 180 from last year. There is at least one resident gopher snake, possibly two, that have been taking care of

Week 19-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa This was the week of not moving forward again because the "rules" keep changing. While we missed the best day of aurora viewing because of clouds, I think we managed to see them on Saturday night (at least through the phone cam). It has

Week 18-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa We've been enjoying warm mornings drinking coffee on the front patio watching the hummers and all the other birds do their spring dance. Flop tan on my feet is for real. Finally some things are progressing, albeit slowly (of course). April winds have been

Week 17-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa This spring has been wonderful - warm for the most part, not too windy, and not too dusty. Lovely, i'll take it. Regular moisture is setting us up for a hopefully productive garden season. Our outside overwintering plants are coming back in full force:

Week 14-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa Winter is lingering. Moods are improving. We've soaked and binge watched TV and built more shed stairs. Garlic, rhubarb, and horseradish are coming up in the garden. Inside we have onion starts and trays of fresh sprouts to eat under a grow light. The

Week 09-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa We had to say farewell to our beloved Squidgey Biscuit last Friday. It's been a rough week. We are all heartbroken. Curiosities of the Week F.T.C. Sues to Block Kroger-Albertsons Grocery Store Deal (NYT) The best news I've heard all

Week 07-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa It's been a week - or a little over a week now. Dealing with sick kitty, continued bureaucracy, some really fraked up news. It's agitated anxiety and grief non-stop. It'll all work itself out. But it's been a

Week 06-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa Happy Lunar New Year! We made dumplings - red bean paste, and chicken green chile. We don't have a yéye, or nǎinai to watch over our dumpling making so we did our best. And they were delicious. Still bogged down in bureaucratic crap, hopefully

Week 05-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa Winter has returned. The atmospheric rivers hitting the west coast are sending the moisture goods our way. Thankfully none of the snow is sticking (so far!). This week did not go as planned when an intense round of pain in the form of hamstring cramping took

Week 04-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa The week of tangled in bureaucracy. In better news with one day left in January I have successfully navigated my first month sans Amazon or Instagram. Don't miss a thing. Curiosities of the Week The Secret Language of Ships (Hakai Magazine) Signs and symbols

Week 03-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa We are alternating between clouds and sunshine so the animals take advantage of the solar gain whenever they can. This week was a bit of a catch-up work wise after last weeks well snafu. We finally got our dump card so we could take garbage in

Week 02-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa It's been a cold and snowy week on the mesa. In between storms we've been having some pretty spectacular sunsets. Our well was out from T-F so it felt like we were camping in the house. Thankfully it ended up being a

Week 01-24 - Curiosities

Greetings from the Mesa Welcome back to the Curiosities newsletter. It's been a hot minute. Where did 2023 go? Happy to say byeeeee to a year of utter exhaustion. I'm ready to ignite 2024. Let's go! No resolutions here this year. No point... what

Week 52-23 - Photos

Last weekly photo dump... I'll be switching over to a weekly newsletter format starting on 7 January 2024. Become a free member of the site at the link below to get the weekly newsletter directly to your inbox. 25 December 2023: Chai gingerbread cookies with espresso frosting. They

Week 51-23 - Photos

18 December 2023: Been reading a lot lately. Two recents from the stacks. 19 December 2023: The great holiday season yeast rip-off. During normal times you can buy a jar of yeast. If you buy bulk you can get yeast for $6-10 / pound. But during the holidays yeast packets are

Week 50-23 - Photos

11 December 2023: Miga got some holiday treats from friends. They were a hit! 12 December 2023: In an effort to tame the beast of too much going on I have created a DAKboard for the house. So far so good, but I am investigating MagicMirror as a substitute -

Week 49-23 - Photos

4 December 2023: Current winter/holiday reading stack. 5 December 2023: Return of alpine glow season. 6 December 2023: How many times did something happen before they put the "Do not put screws in mouth." warning on the box. 7 December 2023: Hygge season in full force. 8

Week 48-23 - Photos

27 November 2023: Cozy down society 28 November 2023: Inching closer to snuggling every day. 29 November 2023: Snow glitter. 30 November 2023: Oscillating El Nino vibes. 1 December 2023: Sopapilla green chile cheeseburger from La Cocina Encantada, yummy and super friendly place! 2 December 2023: Persian pistachio love cake

Week 47-23 - Photos

20 November 2023: Our plumber gave us fresh elk loin - we had it for thanksgiving. It was delicious! 21 November 2023: The only named plant I own - Mr. Pickle - is growing a new limb after many years. Maybe it should be renamed Mr. Pickles. 22 November 2023:

Week 46-23 - Photos

13 November 2023: Temperatures dropping, everyone is getting cozy in the blankets. 14 November 2023: Like every day. 15 November 2023: They are trying to build a Starbuck$ in town. Someone/s don't like it. They've burnt the build in progress down twice now. They really

Week 45-23 - Photos

6 November 2023: I've been taking Miga out on long walks every day, and she is not in shape after "anvil" summer. I'm collecting a bunch of flat dog photos. 7 November 2023: We went to the firehouse and voted! 8 November 2023: Everybody

Week 44-23 - Photos

30 October 2023: It's fall baking season. Started out with a lemon ricotta cookie to use up some leftover ricotta. So soft and fluffy. Will definitely make again. 31 October 2023: We did a halloween charcuterie board to celebrate spooky season. 01 November 2023: Was very tempted to

Week 43-23 - Photos

23 October 2023: Tiny lizard brigade is making the rounds enjoying the last days of second summer. 24 October 2023: Been busy clearing out the workshop so our supported residents can have a workspace during their visit. We haven't been able to work in the studios because the

Week 42-23 - Photos

16 October 2023: Mama KP and KP hanging at the Rio Fernando wetlands. We ate some lunch in the park, and then went to view birds, but it was the middle of the day and there weren't too many. Lovely day hanging in the park. 17 October 2023:

Week 41-23 - Photos

9 October 2023: The monarchs are coming through really late this year. 10 October 2023: Fall sunsets are really setting off the Sangres. 11 October 2023: Cottonwood golden road to Santa Fe. 12 October 2023: Hanging in the golden aspens. This fall has been a spectacular riot of yellow. 13

Week 40-23 - Photos

2 October 2023: The sun has swung to the south, the solar gain is real, and the Squidge is taking advantage. 3 October 2023: The outdoor garden is coming to an end, and it is time to pull the tomatillos. Had a pretty good harvest this year. 4 October 2023:

Week 39-23 - Photos

25 September 2023: Miga has staked her claim of the lounge chair. 26 September 2023: We've been blissfully free of wildfire smoke, until they set off a prescribed burn to the west. 27 September 2023: Female tarantula burrow and the two leg remains of a male who met

Week 38-23 - Photos

18 September 2023: Wilson's Warbler hitting the sunflowers hard. It's birdpalooza around here right now. 19 September 2023: Gotta love those fall sunsets. 20 September 2023: Picked up our first batch of windbreak shrubs - Serviceberry - from the NM Forestry seedling program. We spent a

Week 37-23 - Photos

11 September 2023: Every couple months ya gotta go to Mantes Chow Cart and have a Trujillo burrito. Crispy cheesy chile filled yom. 12 September 2023: Loggerhead Shrikes impale small prey on barbed wire. I found this mouse present at the gate. 13 September 2023: Merp 14 September 2023: Finding

Week 36-23 - Photos

4 September 2023: Fermented cold dough pizza experiments continue - fresh spinach, tomatoes, and pesto from the greenhouse. 5 September 2023: It's been a great lizard watching year. 6 September 2023: We did a tiny road trip to Colorado to go to a show. We had a lovely

Week 35-23 - Photos

28 August 2023: Squidge has been looking particularly Shakespearean as his hair returns after the summer shave. 29 August 2023: The annual roasting of the Hatch begins... 40 lbs to go. 30 August 2023: The rise of the Blue Supermoon at the end of August was a treat. 31 August

Week 34-23 - Photos

21 August 2023: Vacation continues - a day of hot spring soaking at Ojo Caliente. 22 August 2023: KP's friend is in town and we went to the Taos Pueblo for a short visit. 23 August 2023: Terrible picture of our corn that was ravaged by mice. We

Week 33-23 - Photos

14 August 2023: Day 2 of building the firewood shelter - roof on, and done... Prepping the firewood rack for delivery the next day. 15 August 2023: Firewood shelter racked and stacked. 2 cords of mix. We are set for the winter. 16 August 2023: More much need rain. 17

Week 32-23 - Photos

7 August 2023: We finally put in a gate to the back 10 so we can start making a walking path. 8 August 2023: Heat dome belly vibes. He's finally getting used to the shave. 9 August 2023: Moved the garden shed with the truck. It was a

Week 31-23 - Photos

31 July 2023: Sturgeon Moon 01 August 2023: Greater Short Horned lizard friend 02 August 2023: Full moon dreaming... 03 August 2023: Top er off, enjoying some refreshing mojito mocktails after a hard day of work using fresh mint from the garden. 04 August 2023: Storms over the mountain, but

Week 31-23 - Curiosities

🗞️Greetings from The Mesa It's been ten weeks since the last Curiosities. Time flies... I didn't intend on taking a summer break from the site, but here we are. It's been a busy and hot summer. We've been stuck under the SW

Week 30-23 - Photos

24 July 2023: We're having a bit of a cottontail bunny explosion right now. There's been very little rain so all the predators are closer to the river (at least I think). 25 July 2023: We've been enjoying the crisp mornings before it gets

Week 29-23 - Photos

17 July 2023: Batch #2 of Says Phoebes is half fledged. The two grumpers are left to soar. 18 July 2023: So over the heat dome! But, we have dialed in the adobe house ventilation and window coverings so that it stays below 75 for the entire day (without AC)

AI vs Human - Animation

AI vs Human - Animated Short 2:34 - 2023 "an abstract coffee stain outlined in black ink emulating a 0.5 Rotring Isograph" AI vs Human is an experimental animation that pits AI tools versus a human. For the past several months I’ve been researching AI

Week 28-23 - Photos

10 July 2023: We are starting the reno and finishing of the studios. First step replacing the broken window. Youtube DIY videos to the rescue once again! I think we did a pretty good job! 11 July 2023: Meanwhile we finally received our second batch of new replacement windows for

Week 27-23 - Photos

03 July 2023: The summer balloon brigade is in full force. 04 July 2023: Cold fermented dough pizza experiments continue. I think i've perfected the dough recipe and fermentation time. 05 July 2023: A heat dome has settled in, and everyone is flat on the couch in the

Week 26-23 - Photos

26 June 2023: Mourning cloak butterfly emerging from its chrysalis. 27 June 2023: Working on a hand drawn animation called AI vs. Human. More soon... 28 June 2023: Paper bag boys. 29 June 2023: Rainbows galore. Monsoon season hasn't hit its full stride, and may not because of

Week 25-23 - Photos

19 June 2023: We went up to Amalia, NM to dig up some roses and other plants that a lovely human kindly gifted us. She suggested we drive up the road to Valle Vidal. This is the view of Wheeler Peak from the Valle. I can't wait to

Week 24-23 - Photos

12 June 2023: Our workshop/storage container arrived, so we are clearing out the studio. I can see the floor again. Excited to get in here again. It's been our garage since we moved. 13 June 2023: Mourning Cloak chrysalis. Amazingly beautiful. 14 June 2023: Hammockville is officially

Week 23-23 - Photos

5 June 2023: A stormy start to June makes for some spectacular sky drama. 6 June 2023: Mama KP came for a visit, so I made my fermented pizza dough, and we each made personal pizzas. So much fun. So delicious. 7 June 2023: Summer vacation is here, and the

Week 22-23 - Photos

29 May 2023: Baby bird watch continues. There were 5 babies, but one didn't make it. 30 May 2023: Glorious sunrise. 31 May 2023: Tongy being a coy boy. 01 June 2023: Cuddle puddle 02 June 2023: Rain and cold conditions continue, but now with rainbows! 03 June

Week 21-23 - Curiosities

Rest in Power Queen. I have been a huge Tina Turner fan for a very long time. I saw her perform once on her Twenty Four Seven tour on June 9, 2000 at the Fleet Center in Boston. She was 60 at the time, and danced up and down the

Week 21-23 - Photos

22 May 2023: Miga thinks she's a cat. 23 May 2023: Who needs a lawnmower when we you have cottontails? 24 May 2023: Says Phoebes babies are emerging from nestzilla! This is the third year in a row they've nested in this spot. 25 May 2023:

Week 20-23 - Photos

15 May 2023: It has been unusually wet this spring - weird and delightful. Leads to lots of daily sky drama. 16 May 2023: We are calling it 'Pink virga season'. 17 May 2023: Makes for lots of cozy cuddle time. 18 May 2023: Outdoor planting of tomatoes,

Week 19-23 - Curiosities

🗞️Greetings from The Mesa It's been a gimpy past couple of weeks with some irritating and immobilizing bilateral ITBS. Starting to feel better, so I'm back to my regular posting schedule. Besides the lack of general mobility to get things done in a timely fashion, it&

Week 19-23 - Photos

8 May 2023: How to share a blanket between species 9 May 2023: Picking up starts in Dixon, NM on a beautiful blustery day filled with flying samaras. 10 May 2023: Galette experiments redux. Just freaking delicious. 11 May 2023: Oil change and rodent nest removal - it was inevitable.

Week 18-23 - Photos

May 1 2023: The sky drama continues. The weather has been so weird lately! 2 May 2023: First giant rainbow of the year. And it's not even monsoon season yet. 3 May 2023: Outdoor gardening continues... berries, onions, horseradish, and whatever else we can tuck into the cage.

Week 15-23 - Haibuno

10 April 2023 Singing tears and joy first midwestern thunderstorm “when the rain came down” A constant holding pattern pursued us to Kansas City. It’s strange how thunder echoes when you are 7000 feet lower hidden amongst the trees. The cloud to ground lightning made the carriage house tremble.

Week 17-23 - Curiosities

🗞️Greetings from The Mesa We are all garden all the time. We created a fenced in 24' x 18' outdoor area where we have a bunch of different beds. So far we have raspberry bed, blackberry bed, strawberry and rhubarb bed, a goji berry mound, and a horseradish

Week 17-23 - Photos

24 April 2023: Vieux Farka Toure amazing Malian guitarist. It's too bad the venue and crowd sucked so hard. Loud and bad sound. Glad we went though, super interesting guitarist to watch play. 25 April 2023: La Dame Blanche is a force of nature. High energy and joyous

Week 14-23 - Haibuno

3 April 2023 Pulling baby sage: bend, twist, break, dodge tumbleweeds, eat quiche for dinner I have to ask, is it worth taking the time to catch up? Will it lead to quality or crap? Is it bundled in a scarf, tied and twisted? Maybe this is the last year,

Week 16-23 - Curiosities

🗞️Greetings from The Mesa We love coffee. We have started down a path to discover new coffees that we roast ourselves. There is a an economic and somewhat environmental twist to this story - we save money, we don't have to buy almond milk in large plastic jugs

Week 16-23 - Photos

17 April 2023: Red sky in morning. 18 April 2023: The greenhouse is planted. Winter is holding on, so lets see how long it takes for things to germinate. 19 April 2023: Coldframe straw bed. Carrots, beets, and other rooty goodness. 20 April 2023: Rolling through the tiny town of

Week 15-23 - Curiosities

🗞️Greetings from The Mesa Winter will not stop. Over it. It does give me lots of time to art, write, and bake new things (check out the recipe at the bottom). Do you feel productive, or not so much, in Spring? 👉Curiosities 1. Your devices are listening. Your devices are

Week 14-23 - Curiosities

🗞️Greetings from The Mesa At the end of week 14, and beginning of Week 15 we did a whirlwind trip to Kansas City, MO to see one of my favorite musicians perform a show for a dear old friend. Combined with a frenetic race to get the greenhouse and garden

Week 15-23 - Photos

10 April 2023: Concert for Vickie with Happy Rhodes in Kansas City, MO 11 April 2023: Driving back home through Kansas. Lots of Jesus and Dump signs. 12 April 2023: After road tripping for 3 days we went to Ojo Caliente to soak in the hot springs for the day.

Week 14-23 - Photos

3 April 2023: Cat in box. No caption necessary. 4 April 2023: "Lock him up" 5 April 2023: Full moon rise over purple mountains majesty. 6 April 2023: Kachina Basin kicked my butt, but it was glorious. 7 April 2023: Somewheresville Colorado. We took a pee break behind

Week 13-23 - Curiosities

🗞️News from the Mesa: Lift-driven ski season is coming to a close. I put in 14 days of morning laps, and ~241,081' vertical. The mountain opens to uphill traffic next week. I may try to do some 'earn your turns' days. We'll see how

Week 13-23 - Photos

27 March 2023: After a hard days play... 28 March 2023: Finally made it up to Kachina Peak, it was awesome. 29 March 2023: Ravens off to the forest at sunset. 30 March 2023: Sideways society in full force. 31 March 2023: Sabzeh we've been growing for the

Week 13-23 - Haibuno

27 March 2023 Almanac edit writing, laundry, town, again time keeps on ticking There’s dust in the air with a side of snow flurries. It dropped 30 degrees overnight, a dull gray descending. Grateful that the crick in my upper back eased overnight. It takes time to tick through

Week 12-23 - Haibuno

20 March 2023 Spring Equinox start where is the sunshine hiding? behind, snow rainbow Warm temperatures set the spring time wheels in motion, only to be derailed the very next day by insufferable winds. The spring winds that bring on the battle in step and flight. I want hot dogs

Seasons (Taos County) - Interactive Installation

Latest News 4/28/2023: Sound collection has begun. This one was a fun one while watching the morning snow sublimate, and melt off the roof. Water in the desert is a rare-ish sound indeed! Will be doing several traverses of the county in the next couple of weeks. Meltingsnow0:

Week 12-23 - Curiosities

🗞️Greetings from The Mesa I received a newsletter from an artist I follow this week, and I loved the format, so I'm trying something new this week. I have a few more ideas for tweaks ahead in future newsletters. That being said, we are seeing some signs that

Week 12-23 - Photos

20 March 2023: After eating Chinese you end up on the sha fa. 21 March 2023: Ski day in the clouds with glorious rime ice covering every tree. 22 March 2023: Enjoying the last of our firewood for the season. The cold persists. It's getting old. 23 March

Week 11-23 - Haibuno

13 March 2023 Stasis while turning another gray hair stands taut plucky potential Seem to catch up, and then backslide again. Kind of like spring keeps backsliding into winter. It seems the weather is improving, and then the cold and wind rush back in to say ‘nope, not yet fools!

Week 11-23 - Curiosities

This week on Hargie: Week 10-23 - Haibuno Week 11-23 - Photos This week elsewhere: 1. The art/importance of having a Practice. Two of my longest practices are keeping a journal of some form (currently on book #116 - mostly regularly since 1986), and having a web presence in

Week 11-23 - Photos

13 March 2023: Birfday carrot cake for breakfast. 14 March 2023: We planted several lbs of two types of garlic seed and they are coming in hot. Excited to see how much garlic we get this year. Our first totally outdoors food grow. The greenhouse is being prepped for spring

Week 10-23 - Haibuno

6 March 2023 Tallying phase two next steps for making land great lots of work ahead Do you have the desired thickness down yet? Do you prefer it crispy or chewy or somewhere in-between? Brown, creamy, or taupe? A quiet girl knows only silent rhymes. Lines tearing through queues tearing

Week 10-23 - Curiosities

This week on Hargie: Week 10-23 - Photos This week elsewhere: 1. Premiumization & enshittification of all things. Spontaneity is dead? This whole piece reads like a fresh version of hell ("a boring blob on the horizon...an attention-deficit kingdom of perpetual experience and consumption"). Barf. What it

Week 10-23 - Photos

Week 9-23 - Curiosities

This week on Hargie: Week 9-23 - Photos Week 7-23 - Haibuno Week 8-23 - Haibuno Week 9-23 - Haibuno Wooo have I fallen behind, and absolutely no good reason for it. Well except maybe that it was my birfday week. I'm a solid Gen-Xer so that should

Week 9-23 - Haibuno

27 February 2023 Get pic on mountain hear story later at home “he ran and peeled out” There is hope in deep burial. She keeps reminding me, “no one is creeping”. She shows me a relevant cartoon, and it becomes our personal running joke. We watch 50% go dark after

Week 8-23 - Haibuno

20 February 2023 Ice hell at front door finished edit, ordered proof reach brainstorm limits We have reached the time when the decision is final. Or finally executed. Or finely drafted. This all happens when your little sleepy is in americano suspension. For the fourteenth time. Or fortieth. Doesn’t

Week 7-23 - Haibuno

Would you like to receive a drawing/haiku postcard? Please send your address to postcards at hargie dot com. And I’ll get one out to you tout de suite. 13 February 2023 First time picking locks open door to waylaid dreams box full of lost time What do they

Week 9-23 - Photos

27 February 2023: #10 morning laps - 164,172' vert for season 28 February 2023: Apricot and ginger scones, big hit. Getting pretty good at coming up with some awesome scone combos. 1. March 2023: Lubia Polo, a favorite Persian rice dish. It's so amazingly flavorful! 2

Week 8-23 - Curiosities

This week on Hargie: Will I ever catch-up with Haibuno? There is something not working in my workflow right now... Week 8-23- Photos This week elsewhere: 1. Jill Hess continues her deep dive into Octavia Butler's collection at the Huntington Library. I also just finished A Handful of

Week 8-23 - Photos

20 February 2023: Third or fourth winter has arrived so things are deeply in cozy and planning. 21 February 2023: The snow/thaw cycle this pre-spring has been insane. Cantankerous is the only word for it. 22 February 2023: However, spring is right around the corner, and that means it&

Week 7-23 - Curiosities

This week on Hargie: Week 6-23 - Haibuno Week 7-23 - Photos This week throwing out support for some wonderful friends first: 1. My friend Bethany is posting some lovely mixes at her mixcloud My Resonant Frequencies. https://www.mixcloud.com/myresonantfrequencies/ This is a sound experiment. I wanted to

Week 7-23 - Photos

13 Feb 2023: Homemade pizza night - always a favorite. 14 Feb 2023: A chill Valentine's Day reading and couch-surf working with the loved ones. 15 Feb 2023: This year has been colder and more sky dramatic. 16 Feb 2023: Colder and more sky dramatic makes for good