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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - Percha Dam State Park, Arrey NM

Leather Case, iPod Touch, February 15, 2009
Leather Case, iPod Touch, February 15, 2009

Now that it's here I'm torn

This day has been in the wind a long long time; now it's here. Verizon announced today they will be selling iPhones beginning February 10th.

I've been hanging on to my old LG cell phone for years in anticipation of this day. Now that it's here I'm torn. Trading in my old phone for an iPhone instantly makes my constant companion, my dedicated iPod Touch, redundant. That's ok. The thing is, though, the great leather case I lavished a week developing and making won't fit the new iPhones. So that becomes instantly redundant as well. Arrgh....

Night camp

Site 23 - Percha Dam State Park, Arrey NM

Concentrated Space Intensifies Everything

A small, concentrated domestic space intensifies everything. It’s like the fire we live around—move it close together and the flame flares up, spread it apart and the fire goes out. We have always lived in small houses, but this one is the smallest and the best. Here I feel all my loose and wandering thoughts are gathered up and made whole. It is an antidote to a world of distractions. It is a world unto itself. It is almost more myself than I am.’

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