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Bo Zarts
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October 1, 2018
There once was a jurist from Yale .. (Limerick)
September 30, 2018
Damn, my house smells GOOD right now!
Smoked sausage links from Williams' Store in Haralson, Georgia (Jimmy Carter buys sausage there, too)
Callaway Gardens stone ground grits with parmesan cheese and Tuscan seasoning
Collard greens in chicken broth with Benton smoked bacon
Corn bread
September 30, 2018
Jay Gatsby vs. Owen Meany
Trump and Kavanaugh are F. Scott Fitzgerald's profligate Gatsby. We are Meany, the smallish Everyman of John Irving's imagination. Or, at least, I am.
That is where we are now. What other literary comparisons might there be?
September 30, 2018
Shot through a 113 year-old wavy-glass window that was removed from my South Carolina house. I carry the window in the back of my truck, when I drive out west, for shots like this. To me, this shot is evocative of an old desert town whiskey saloon.
Tucson Mountain Park
Sonoran Desert
Arizona
"Tequila Saloon" (To brighten your day)
Shot through a 113 year-old wavy-glass window that was removed from my South Carolina house. I carry the window in the back of my truck, when I drive out west, for shots like this. To me, this shot is evocative of an old desert town whiskey saloon.
Tucson Mountain Park
Sonoran Desert
Arizona
September 24, 2018
I woke up to the acrid smell of toast burning.
Or was it the sweet smell of Schadenfreude?
September 12, 2018
Aspen Fire of 2003 - Mt. Lemmon
Santa Catalina Mountains
Coronado National Forest, Arizona
May 2014
"Burn Scar"
Aspen Fire of 2003 - Mt. Lemmon
Santa Catalina Mountains
Coronado National Forest, Arizona
May 2014
September 10, 2018
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
Arivaca, Arizona
July 2014
"Baboquivary Sunset"
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
Arivaca, Arizona
July 2014
September 10, 2018
Lemmon Rock Fire Lookout
Wilderness of Rocks - Santa Catalina Mountains
Coronado National Forest, Arizona
July 2014
"Serious Business - 12:25 AM"
Lemmon Rock Fire Lookout
Wilderness of Rocks - Santa Catalina Mountains
Coronado National Forest, Arizona
July 2014
September 9, 2018
Wilderness of Rocks
Mt. Lemmon - Santa Catalina Mountains
Coronado National Forest, Arizona
July 2014
Arizona Monsoon Sunrise
Wilderness of Rocks
Mt. Lemmon - Santa Catalina Mountains
Coronado National Forest, Arizona
July 2014
September 9, 2018
Wilderness of Rocks - Santa Catalina Mountains
Coronado National Forest, Arizona
July 2014
"Lemmon Rock Fire Lookout: 8 PM"
Wilderness of Rocks - Santa Catalina Mountains
Coronado National Forest, Arizona
July 2014
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