Category Archives: Patagonia
what i did yesterday starting 3 hrs. before sundown
walked to the land with layla.
set up mid.
put blanket in the shade.
hung out with layla in the shade looking at view of piltriquitrón.
started digging postholes.
looked at position of sun.
took off shirt.
kept digging then rested
looked back at layla sitting on the blanket by the mid and felt and thought and visualized several things at once including [...]
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people don’t want the truth, they just want a particular concept or ‘brand’ you represent
We moved to Patagonia because we thought we could raise our daughter here in a culture and in a way that didn’t exist back in the US.
That doesn’t mean that we “like it better” necessarily.
There are things I like about here more than I like there.
There are things I like about there more [...]
early cabin sketches
5m x 7m footprint
18 degree roof pitch
‘tower’ contains water tank above and bathroom below
cross section
lofts on both ends of structure connected via bridge
bridge steps down to accommodate low ceiling height
Fencepost Juxtaposition
There are so many reasons people are unhappy.
I think one reason comes from not inhabiting where you live.
I thought this yesterday as I was painting fenceposts with this kind of ashpalt-paint. Getting them ready to be put in the ground.
I kept painting and thinking about ground and houses and buildings built on top [...]
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sometimes I feel good
Photo: Laura Bernhein
[leftover notes from 12/26/09]
Right where the dirt road ends and the asphalt begins an RV–newish, clean, long, out of place on this road–turns the corner at San Martin and I see the logo of the PanAmerican Hwy from Alaska to down here in Patagonia.
I think about what it would feel like to stitch [...]
watering the grass
Watering the grass along the fence where mint is growing, the mint smell rises up as the water hits the leaves. I could be enjoying this or going insane, the two sometime being hard to tell apart. Adela is on the other side of the fence watering too. Elena, the old lady who lives behind, [...]
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a la chacra, a trabajar
It was about 8 pm and there would still be another 2 hours of light but it was cool now and good for working out in the fields. About 8 of the Colques, all kids between the ages of about 7 and 12 were walking past the house including Brisa and Noel. The one adult [...]
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Nena Brisa, Nene Noel
Brisa and her brother Noel [pictured below] live next door. They immediately started treating Layla like a sister, picking her up, giving her kisses, showing her things. Layla woke up this morning saying “Nena Brisa.”
Noel and I became friends after an impromptu soccer battle in front of our houses last week. Later he helped me [...]
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