Friday, January 31, 2014

Irresponsible, Unreasonable... and In the Wind...

The mountains in Arizona... make it hard for a drifter that's tryin' hard to be reasonable.

I sit and concentrate on the words in front of me... My eyes cross and my mind wanders. I try to tune out the voice... but I Always fail..

Those hazy purple mountains keep whispering... briiiannn... come to meeeee... see what's on the other side.




Even after a thousand sunsets... that seem to run together... if you give 'em just a moment, stop what you're doing and watch... the light changes and it's new...




Life says; Be reasonable. Do the job and quit-cher-bitchin'...


The purple mountains whisper... screw the regulators... let the bankers wait... put down your tools for a bit... life is here now so don't be late...

Today I should write. I should... I should work and produce and be reasonable...

Blech... I'm gonna throw a leg over, put it in the wind for a day... and lose the nastiness of reasonable, in the wind...

Makin' a Circle
Brian

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Hmmm... I Seem to Have This Affect on Folks...

... and I just did my laundry too!

I pull in... and they start hitchin' up... If I wasn't such a crusty old buster... I'd get me a complex! :)

The day after the big tent shut off they started flowin' from here to wherever there is. I'd guess right in the part I can see 'round my lil' spot... half maybe 3/4 have hitched, honked and pulled out.

I could hear more already rollin' this morning before the sun ever got out of bed...

*Quartzsite Sunrise*
Gonna be less distraction and people watchin' 'round here for sure the next couple days. Maybe I'll get that rewrite done! ;) 

Yeah... I kinda goofed. In maybe ten chapters (way behind where I planned to be...but then... that's almost the routine around me ain't it?) and I realized that what I was doin' was just bone headed.

Workin' on the third installment of the Jeb Taylor series. The first two were written mostly from a first person perspective. So... bein' the bright fella I am... I started writing this book in third person.

Long about maybe a 1/3 of the way through the tale I come to realize... making a change like that after folks got used to a certain "way" in the first two books is like a guy ordering rare prime rib and you serve him up a leather tough and crusty burnt greasy burger. He's likely to have a bit of a difficulty with you!

So... went on back to the beginning and turned it 'round and put it right.

I believe it was a right choice 'cause a couple other things have come along while I'm doing that rewrite. Things that I'd missed first time through. Between them all, the fixin' of 'em has that story joggin' down the right trail now.

Now it's time to put the spurs to this thing and ride it!

Thought maybe a soft Arizona sunset, courtesy of Quartzsite, might warm up a few of you that are sufferin' through another bout of Al's global warming... 






With the sun shining... the solar panels juicin' up the lap top... and another pot using the watts to keep me caffeinated... I'm back hard at it.

Tap Tap Tappin' the Keyboard
Brian

Sunday, January 26, 2014

The Exodous Seems to Have Begun

The Big tent closes out today in Quartzsite. Been a morning of honking and sounds of tires on gravel as people move on to other camps. I expect tomorrow will be the biggest thinning of the remaining outfits. I'll soon have a lot more room around here.


Seems like though the rigs might have been fewer... there are more of those zoomin' flyboys than ever...

This one was skimmin' low over the rigs and wavin' like he was a Rodeo Queen in a parade. I'd be a little more comfortable if he just kept his hands on the controls. ;)

Rode to Parker yesterday... spent about ten bucks less and got twice as many days of  vittles... amazing the number of meals you can squeeze out of a couple dollars with .20 cent Ramen soup... and .98 cent mac-n-cheese! ;)

But... I sure don't understand what all them people thought was so damned funny about the guy bungee cordin' the case of drinkin' water onto the back seat of his scooter? :-/

Oh yeah. It's high grade cowboy cuisine 'round here.

But... now it's time to buckle down on the discipline and start pushing Jeb and Ben to get their story done...

Still Movin' Along
Brian