The vantage point above is very close to where we live. Yes, I know you’ve seen this view. I can reach it by driving less than fifteen minutes and walking briskly for ten minutes more, and every time, I’m simply stunned. So what, though, in the larger scheme of things? We have to leave our old adobe rental. No one is pushing except the two of us—it’s both a physical and metaphysical necessity—but this morning, I seem not to be able to figure out how. Perhaps it’s best to not even try the thing directly but simply live, and write what must not be forgotten. One always has a choice, you know: believe or not believe! So here we are, right now.
More Gorge, Less Mess
Looking south toward the Rio Grande from the Rio Pueblo gorge
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John Hamilton Farr lives at 7,000 feet in Ranchos de 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.” This JHFARR.COM site is the master writing archive. To email John, please see CONTACT INFO on About page. For a complete list of all John’s writing, photography, NFTs, and social media links, please visit JHFARR.ART
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