Jumping the Gun

July 16, 2015 6:35 PM by JHF in Taos { 2 comments }

Imagine the wind blowing and everything rustling & dancing »Buy This Photo!«

How did the custom of waiting until 5:00 p.m. before having a drink of alcohol ever get started? Crazy, isn’t it? I’ve been waging guerilla war against the practice for decades, rarely with much success, so I’m happy to report that I shot the above scene yesterday at approximately 23 minutes before the hour, with a shot of tequila in my hand and my honey by my side. Living dangerously here, all right.

»Buy This Photo!«

Tags: home, Llano Quemado, old Taos

John Hamilton Farr lives in Taos, New Mexico, U.S.A. As New York Times best-selling author James C. Moore tells it, John is “a man attuned to the world who sees it differently than you and I and writes about it with a language and a vision of life that is impossible to ignore.” See BUFFALO LIGHTS, TAOS SOUL, ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE, and THE HELEN CHRONICLES. He has been publishing online since 1996 (Zoo Zone, Farr Site, MacFaust, GRACK!, FarrFeed). This JHFARR.COM site is the master online writing archive. Links to all current sites including NFT collections at linktree. To email John, please see CONTACT INFO on About page.

Pam in Ranchos July 16, 2015, 6:46 PM

“The sun is over the yardarm” somewhere in the empire. I say make it 3:00 p.m. instead of 5.

Reply Link
- JHF July 16, 2015, 8:41 PM
  
  I had a friend in MD who got angry with me for apologizing for pouring a shot at noon.
  
  Reply Link

Previous post: Drum Bum

Next post: Volcano Sunset

Browse ARCHIVES

Browse CATEGORIES