Things I Can’t Believe

October 28, 2014 11:53 AM by JHF in Garden of Eden { 5 comments }

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I can’t believe how good it looks, for all the lunacy and exile boojum soaked into the ground. I can’t believe that elm tree hasn’t fallen yet and taken out the wall. I can’t believe a bear broke half a pear tree down right after I moved in, and the rest took ten years to die. I can’t believe I clean the chimney with a stick. I can’t believe the piñon burns so hot. I can’t believe this works so well, for all the useless desperation of the past. New Mexico, they got this down. The basic stuff was always here.

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Rita October 28, 2014, 12:54 PM

I can’t believe that you have not found a house yet.

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- JHF October 28, 2014, 1:10 PM
  
  No kidding. On the other hand, look at that view! But the main thing is, it’s been stable. This is a hard town for housing, either renting or buying, for a lot of different reasons. That alone has made me want to flee before. As it stands now, I’d be happy to buy a place.
  
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  - Rita October 28, 2014, 1:17 PM
    
    Is it out-of-the-question to buy a piece of land and build on it?
    
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    - JHF October 28, 2014, 1:25 PM
      
      No, not at all. Might give me something fun to look at!
      
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bethie October 28, 2014, 8:34 PM

I always go back to JHFarr and Richard Brautigan. Love you John. Hi to Kathy! xoxo

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