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2017-05-07 01:00
I am preparing for the long awaited trip West, returning my Brothers ashes to New Mexico.  A simple request he made. A promise I have ached to fulfill.  In these 2 weeks prior to d… Read More
Time Passages
2017-02-19 22:40
                                              Its been 2 months and a… Read More
Its Not Goodbye
2016-12-23 13:26
Its taken me a few days to come back here.  Finding my strength, sleeping some and going through the motions of my brother's death. Funeral, family and formality.My brother died Sunday… Read More
2016-12-15 13:05
My Brother hasn't moved or spoken since yesterday at 1pm.  The stillness is peaceful. After the restless, painful, scary Tuesday and into early Wednesday, I feel God's mercy.   Not… Read More
The Rally:  A Nonclinical Perspective
2016-12-07 20:36
When I posted last I fully expected this to be a different post.  The weekend past was grueling with no food intake, completely bed bound, confused and clearly dying.  I spent hour… Read More
Little Sister
2016-12-03 15:58
Time. It ticks away.  This has seemed fast.  Just early October when we made the trek to New Mexico.  Now the minutes tick by.  The last few days have been ones of steady… Read More
2016-11-22 13:23
As I watch certain physiological aspects of my male body change in prepration for shut down I also notice other aspects become hyper accentuated. One particular image will not seem to leav… Read More
Expectations Versus Reality
2016-11-17 17:54
The idea of  hospice congers up a whole range of ides from "giving up on life" to " transitioning and exiting life in the best manner possible". Excluding tramatic injury where triage p… Read More
2016-11-06 21:07
I was recently asked what brought me Rodeo NM, what were the threads of life that came together to weave the tapestry of my life in Portal Rodeo area. After finishing my Phd in Biology I mo… Read More
2016-11-04 13:52
A somewhat indelicate subject this morning but one that surprised me. I assumed with the colostomy that the normal route of solid waste excretion would cease, but was I wrong. I suddenly s… Read More
Spirituality
2016-11-02 09:43
In an attempt at the big question that surrounds this whole issue of dying is - what's next? Every culture has a rich tradition of attempting to answer “what's next”, but the be… Read More
2016-11-01 15:57
Well, it was nice while it lasted but all good things come to and end. Monday after returning from a lawyers visit I received a phone call from the medical house asking to deliver the hospi… Read More
2016-10-30 13:23
It was a week of transitions, some positive and some not so positive. First off I've become more emotional with uncontrolled outbursts of crying and sobbing. It started with the Hospice… Read More
The Little And Big Pictures
2016-10-29 16:46
In my photography I have always composed photographs that were “little picture”, “medium picture” or “big picture” images. That is to say up close images… Read More
1984, But Not As We Expected
2016-10-27 19:31
Scrolling through Facebook on my phone this morning I can across another article about death. I've been seeing articles about death popping up on my news feed with a seemingly increasing re… Read More
The Emotional Roller Coaster Ride
2016-10-25 13:01
I expected it would start at some point but didn't know when. While I like to consider myself a rational thoughtful human there is an emotional component to my personality and it kicked in… Read More
2016-10-23 13:26
Everyone likes going shopping on occasion, though I must admit I generally find things online and then target the store where I can find the item, blast in and get it then I'm gone or I'll o… Read More
2016-10-22 17:09
We all go through life wearing a meat sack that is our body. It is not us but rather just the outward manifestation, what we wear around as we move through life. This container, vessel, ha… Read More
2016-10-19 12:54
A wise man once said the best death is an unexpected death. On the other hand there are advantages to having some time to prepare, allowing all the loose ends we generate throughout our liv… Read More
Chiricahua Peloncillo Heritage Days 2016
2016-09-13 17:58
I missed the talks at this years Chiricahua Peloncillo Heritage Days but did help with one of the walks on Sunday.  Co-sponsored by the Chiricahua Peloncillo Historical Society, the wal… Read More
After The Storm
2016-09-08 16:11
Hurricane Newton came up the Baja and into Arizona and New Mexico.  Flash flood warnings were posted for both states and I battened down the hatches here at the Painted Pony Resort to g… Read More
Recycling A Most Important Resource
2016-08-25 15:43
Water is the life blood of the desert and a precious resource.  Making wise use of the rains and pumped ground water only makes sense.  While the estate does irrigate, the Painted… Read More
Got It
2016-08-13 13:19
It is a slow process trying to identify the plants around here, especially in the front garden.  Over time, I have added to the diversity of plant species growing in the garden area and… Read More
Gardening With A 1%er
2016-08-07 15:10
I'm not a gardener, nor do I have a green thumb, but persistence seems to be the key to growing plants.  Living in the high desert with little yearly rainfall and working with an overgr… Read More
Monsoon Weather
2016-07-28 15:12
This 2016 monsoon so far is slow in bringing needed water to the high desert.  The  Painted Pony Resort is at about 2.8" so far (for a yearly total of about 4.5").  Yesterday… Read More
2016-07-16 17:41
Some experiments with sights and sounds from the Painted Pony Resort.  I'm interested in "how people see" and sights and sounds can make a big impression so I've been exploring differen… Read More
UV Fluorescence In The High Desert
2016-07-08 16:02
While out relocating a Western Diamondback I caught the other day, I came across an interesting piece of chalcedony out in the desert.  Unusually shaped like a cartoon mouth I shoved in… Read More
When It Rains, It Pours
2016-06-29 14:51
When it rains, it pours, but not the weather related rain rather the occurrence of equipment failures on the estate.  I've been running constantly repairing broken equipment and have ha… Read More
2016-06-05 14:13
Not NASA's nor ESA's work exploring the solar system but rather the solar collectors used in heating the pool at the Painted Pony Resort.  To put it bluntly I made a mistake and as a re… Read More
2016-05-11 14:53
Birding is a big deal around here.  With the Chiricahua Mountains and Cave Creek Canyon the area draws lots of birders looking to add to their life lists and as a result the birding sea… Read More
Life At The End Of The Line
2016-05-08 14:09
The Painted Pony Resort is at the end of the line, figuratively and in reality.  Located at the very end of Painted Pony Road, the estate sits on over 750 acres of deeded land in the hi… Read More
Working With Apple's IPhone SE
2016-05-03 15:43
I've had the new iPhone SE for a couple of weeks now and I'm extremely happy with the experience so far.  I find that with the lack of radio station reception in the valley that I use t… Read More
2016-04-22 16:36
Recently, I posted a short note on the Cycle of Life about an old Mule Deer who lost his fear of humans and came up to the Bungalow while guests were in residence.  He found a comfy spo… Read More
A Gift From The Astronomers
2016-04-12 16:08
The yearly visit from All-Star Telescope occurred last month and a week of Canadian Astronomers were busy imaging the sky from the Painted Pony Resort.  This was their 6th year visiting… Read More
Joining The 21st Century
2016-04-09 13:25
This little corner of North America, the San Simon Valley in both Arizona and New Mexico is a little behind the times.  I've used the term "the Bubble" to describe what it is like to li… Read More
My April Fools Contribution
2016-04-05 14:33
My contribution to this years April Fools internet collection is based on a photograph I took the other day.  Living alone out in the desert you see some funny things at times, things t… Read More
El Nino Was A Bust
2016-03-25 15:53
As fall approached the weather forecasts were all talking about the probability of wet winter.  Pacific ocean temps were up and the expectation for a strong El Nino and wet winter were… Read More
2016-03-19 23:03
I watch the cycle of life play out everyday at the Painted Pony Resort.  From the yearly arrival of the monsoons with new grasses and the greening of the desert, the yearly appearance o… Read More
Free Association In The Chiricahuas
2016-03-12 14:36
Hiking in the Chiricahua Mountains can be magical experience, a time to unwind, a time to think, and most importantly a time to free associate.  Frequently while hiking I will look at a… Read More
The Moon
2016-02-23 18:43
We just finished experiencing another full moon here at the Painted Pony Resort and I was fortunate to get some usable photographs.  The first is of the rising moon over the Peloncillo… Read More
How Do People See?  Again
2016-02-16 13:50
I continue to struggle with the concept of "how people see", specifically how it relates to what makes an interesting photograph.  Recently, I stumbled into a little experiment using Fa… Read More
2016-02-06 15:49
I'm not a birder, but it is an extremely popular activity in the basin and range province of southern New Mexico and southern Arizona.  I have written about the tradition of birding in… Read More
Another Exercise In
2016-01-24 18:30
A question I have been asking for several years and have written about before is "how do people see"?  Not the physiology of vision but what one sees when looking at an image.  Spe… Read More
The Long Light Of Winter
2016-01-20 15:10
Winter in the San Simon Valley is generally characterized by warm sunny days and chilly nights.  Temperatures drop to freezing but rapidly rise back into the 60's once the sun rises and… Read More
2016-01-10 15:32
I posted a video compilation of the views to the west showing the Chiricahua Mountains taken over time and now the reciprocal video, the views east over the Peloncillo Mountains.  Taken… Read More
Life In The Bubble And Living On Rodeo Time
2015-12-05 14:25
I have written about a hypothesis that the Portal Rodeo area exists in a bubble moving at close to the speed of light and as a result time has slowed, see here and here for some background… Read More
A Busy Thanksgiving
2015-12-01 15:36
Two weeks and 3 sets of guests, it has been busy around the Painted Pony Resort.  I've been constantly running from one cleaning job to the next.  The good news is everyone had a g… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
First it was the new washer and dryer that were part of the "internet of things", but now the thermostats are included.  The touch screen thermostats at the Painted Pony Resort were a s… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
A group of riders arrived this afternoon at the Painted Pony Resort after an 88 mile ride from Bisbee.  Lizard Head Cycling Guides is escorting a group of cyclists across the basin and… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Back at work on the Galion road grader, still trying to loosen the stuck but broken ball joint arm by applying heat.  In light of the popularity of selfie's here is a contribution from… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Well, I broke down and finally invested in a tablet for Christmas.  I've been looking at them since last year when my notebook and desktop computers died.  I rebuilt the desktop co… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Painted Pony Resort and I wish everyone a very merry Christmas and here is hoping that this season finds everyone happy and healthy.A Christmas in Rodeo NM (click on image to view larger… Read More

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