Rocks to me are akin to bones, bones of the earth, it’s skeletal frame that has been pressed and extruded and deposited. Rocks in one sense hold the meaning of life, because life has evolved in a medium of rocks dissolved, eroded, polished, blown, washed away, wore bare by human feet or by their chips [...]
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The Photographer’s I: Rocks
Posted in Idaho, Landscapes, Natural History, New Mexico, Oregon, Parks & Monuments, Photographic Criticism, Utah, Western Photography, tagged Ancestral Puebloan Ruins, geology western states, Hovenweep, petroglyphs, Photo Essay, Port Orford OR on April 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After the Rain
Posted in Four Corners, Landscapes, Natural History, Parks & Monuments, Western Photography, Western Travel Writing, tagged Ancestral Puebloan Ruins, Hovenweep, wildlife on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In September we camped at Hovenweep National Monument. Never heard of it? Don’t feel bad. Most people haven’t, including many of our Southwestern friends. Although it’s been a national monument since 1923, less than one million folks have ever visited. Hovenweep (Paiute/Ute for deserted valley) straddles the Utah/Colorado border in the Four Corners area, less [...]
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