💥Peace & Truth
“No memory is ever alone; it’s at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their citations.”–Louis L’Amour PROLOGUE: “In the past twenty years or so, it seems the world has finally discovered the enduring magic and magnificence of the Big Bend country in Texas. As with anything else akin […]
“And I think God must be a cowboy at heartHe made wide open spaces from the start…He made grass and trees and mountainsAnd a horse to be a friendAnd trails to lead old cowboys home again…” –Dan Seals THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOS: Many of my regular readers might recall my Great Uncle Ab, he […]
“The time is the eve of the First Gulf War. The place is an abandoned World War II emergency landing strip for heavy bombers, nestled amid the near countless miles upon miles of wide openness in West Texas. Here another climatic battle will be fought, while the rest of the world focuses on what would […]
“A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one’s life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself.”–Louis L’Amour THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO: “Like any other, the Chihuahuan Desert permeating the lower Big Bend region is one of a hard environment, survived only by equally hardy creatures and […]
“The world is full of idolatries, but I question if any idolatry has been more extensively practised than the idolatry of the outward appearance.” ~ W. G. Blaikie THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO: “North of Croton Peak and to the northwest of the Paint Gap Hills lies what appears as a near featureless depression when […]
“Kingdoms are but the lengthened shadows of kings.”–Charles L. Feinberg “Once upon a time and really not that long ago, the lower Big Bend teemed with a Texas institution you don’t see much anymore: the working ranch. Now I am not talking about a forty acre ‘ranchita,’ or an exotic game preserve, a nature conservancy, […]
“Kingdoms are but the lengthened shadows of kings.”–Charles L. Feinberg “Once upon a time and really not that long ago, the lower Big Bend teemed with a Texas institution you don’t see much anymore: the working ranch. Now I am not talking about a forty acre ‘ranchita,’ or an exotic game preserve, a nature conservancy, […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO: “They call it Tule Spring, though it sits closer to the southwestern reaches of Burro Mesa than Tule Mountain itself. Furthermore, there appears to be more than one spring and last time I ventured to this spot all of them were flowing. Each comes out of ground pockmarked by small […]
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