Donald Judd in SoHo & Marfa & the Pinto Canyon Road

NYT piece today on DJ's digs in SoHo. And below, one of our favorite spaces at Chinati, the Judd (museum?  institution? cavalry post? antelope refuge?) in Marfa. And here's a link to an Autoliterate link to a NYT piece on Judd's Dodge Power Wagon. And below, below, because my whole family is missing West Texas badly, a photo taken on that old beloved Pinto Canyon Road. And hell, since we're already on the Pinto Canyon Road, may as well get a truck shot in.

The boatyard truck: 1931 Ford Model A pickup.

1961 International Harvester 110. Fort Davis, Texas

David Branch, our man in far-West Texas, found the IH in Fort Davis. (Autoliterate discovered an original of the 1960 edition of this truck for sale in Vancouver last year.) This truck looks original-- maybe even original paint?--and if it has spent most of its life in Jeff Davis County there's probably very little rust. Drop in a new engine (or maybe just a tune-up) and she might go another 50 years.

                                                       all images ©2013 David Branch

The Way We Live Now: American Houses, Balmorhea, Texas

 All photos ©2013 David Branch

1971 Land Rover

New England field notes from Jarrod McCabe
 "Here’s a man who drives his truck.
’71 Land Rover found in Littleton NH.
Owner, Chris Komar.has a 98 drivetrain in it.
The power is diesel and gets damn good mileage compared what I’ve heard these things normally get.
We talked quite a bit about how he keeps the rust off while driving it year round in New Hampshire. 
He keeps notes on his windshield and you’ll see the names scratched into the hood of people he’s met out four-wheeling."--JM 
(More Land Rover AL posts: 
http://autoliterate.blogspot.com/2012/11/2-maine-land-rovers-series-ii-1983-lr.html
http://autoliterate.blogspot.com/2012/11/land-rovers-part-v.html
http://autoliterate.blogspot.com/2012/11/land-rover-td-5.html
http://autoliterate.blogspot.com/2013/02/handmade-african-land-rovers.html

"Couple" Bruce Willard poem

                                                                  image ©2013 Basha Burwell

You said I was the gas

and someone needed to be

the brake. We never talked

of steering, choosing

the road. I guess

we always knew

which road we were on.

You said I was the gas

and someone needed to be

the brake. But we broke

so memorably,

broke with a flair

that kept us intact

barely aware of the winding

rush of air through our hair.

We were road-bound, driven,

Between the shoulders, our hearts

Moved by something we knew

not to name.

                                                

                                                     "Couple" from HOLDING GROUND (c) 2013 by Bruce Willard. With permission of Four Way Books. All rights reserved.

1964 Dodge Dart GT convertible

Memorial Day. Blue Hill, Maine

1971 F-100 Custom. Blue Hill Maine