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| all images ©2012 Laura Lewis |
J.W. Burleson photo / Boquillas del Carmen, Coah.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Saturday, July 21, 2012
VW Buses & The Netherlands
We go to the Netherlands in a few weeks. I will be spending six months as writer-in-residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, in Wassenaar, a village suburb of The Hague. Any tips or insider knowledge re. life in the Netherlands? Please contact himself@peterbehrens.org
Of course I'll be reporting on Dutch cars & trucks. Have always appreciated the no-nonsense aesthetic of euro-trucks. We hope to buy an aged VW bus for traveling around Europe: possibly heading to Spain for Christmas. Never have owned a VW bus so any tips on shopping for a used one appreciated. Don;t see many in Maine but there were dozens buzzing around Vancouver last month:
Of course I'll be reporting on Dutch cars & trucks. Have always appreciated the no-nonsense aesthetic of euro-trucks. We hope to buy an aged VW bus for traveling around Europe: possibly heading to Spain for Christmas. Never have owned a VW bus so any tips on shopping for a used one appreciated. Don;t see many in Maine but there were dozens buzzing around Vancouver last month:
Friday, July 20, 2012
Astral Travel & Trompe-l'oeil in Saskatchewan
from Alex Emond, our man in south Saskatchewan:
"...from south of Hazlet, Sask., in the sandhill country just northwest of Swift Current. Gorgeous, subtle, soft terrain that I want to explore a little more. Way too much oil and gas shit going on so it may take another half century before all that stuff is gone. But there are still expansive views that turn driving into a sort of lazy man's Astral Travel. I mean miles and miles of no fence, no traffic, floating on gravel. Probably most seductive on a big motorcycle...
"This painted truck has all the chrome bits off the real truck worked into the garage door/Sistine Chapel."--AE
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"This painted truck has all the chrome bits off the real truck worked into the garage door/Sistine Chapel."--AE
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The O'Briens in Maine
I'm reading from my novel The O'Briens (A major accomplishment--NYTBR), talking about Irish-Americans (and -Canadians), and showing slides from the O'Briens archive tonight, Thursday July 19, at 7pm at the Blue Hill Public Library in Blue Hill, Maine. There will be books for sale and I'll be happy to sign 'em. The childrens' librarian is organizing a kids' "campout" in the library at the same time, so children are welcome. You are too. More event info here.
Next Tuesday July 24 at 6p.m. I'll be doing the same thing at Falmouth (Maine) Memorial Library. No campout in Falmouth, though.
Next Tuesday July 24 at 6p.m. I'll be doing the same thing at Falmouth (Maine) Memorial Library. No campout in Falmouth, though.
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| paperbacks at Vancouver International Airport this week. |
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Dendroglyphs, Huerano County, Colorado
From MSM's ongoing western highway series: this is SR 69 north, Huerano County, Colorado.
" the dendroglyphs carved by sheepherders between the late eighteenth [maybe] and mid-twentieth centuries...these here most likely the latter:
"To get there you have to do some of this: SR 69 north, Huerano County, Colorado." --MSM
" the dendroglyphs carved by sheepherders between the late eighteenth [maybe] and mid-twentieth centuries...these here most likely the latter:
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| all images michael s. moore ©2012 |
Sunday, July 15, 2012
John Brinckerhoff Jackson
Looking at these images I'm thinking it's time to read John Brinckerhoff Jackson, the great interpreter of Western landscapes, again.
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