ROAD TRIP- 1/1/2012

december  31st, 2011- NEW YEARS EVE.

raymond made me red chili tamales. they were soooo good..
raymond is a great cook.. he would make someone a wonderful wife.

we decided to watch the movie- 2012- it seemed appropriate.
i open a bottle of wine from bowie, az.. their shiraz is great.. their  red table wine needs to be tossed.

this film is awful! if the end of the world is going to be this boring why even bother.
i fall asleep @ 9:30pm


JAN 1ST, 2012

wow, it is new years day....  what a beauty... raymond's bed is so comfy.. it's all fluffy & soft.

it's like sleeping on a large version of my white cat- SYMPATHY, but without the dander.

raymond has to go to work, so i have the place to myself.. and the huskie dogs..

(azula- raymond's huskie)

so peaceful.. calm.

i decided to walk to los ojos bar, (where raymond works) and check out jemez springs.

raymond has a river running thru his property.

next door to raymond is a catholic church... i never see anyone there.. ever.

the sign reads- PRIVATE PROPERTY.

the rumor is this location is a retreat for priests who need to be out of the public limelight.....

if you know what i mean.... priests that have received to much "publicity"... if you catch my drift.

you would think it would be packed to the rafters.

next to this is the nunnery. HANDMAIDS OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD.

what a name! why are these people so morbid?

they have a "sister cemetery" where all the local nunnie's are laid to rest. 

and of course the world famous, (made famous by me) NUN WALK. 

a meditative path where nunnies can contemplate where they came from and where they are going.

in most cases nowhere.

after all these years of visiting jemez i have never seen a living soul on these two premises. 

suddenly it happened! .... i spotted a nun!!  i real live nun! she is wearing a burgundy habit with a black shroud over her hair. she looks like a pterodactyl. can it really be the real deal?! maybe i am imagining this. maybe she is a vision. she looks so other worldly.. i've never seen a nun costume like hers.. it looks   like from another era. like the nun's story with audrey hepburn.

the nunie is sitting on a burgundy wooden bench next to the "sister cemetery." she is so still she looks like a decoy for game hunters.

(the sister cemetery)

i must take her picture!.... is that a sin?! i must document my nun spotting.. otherwise no one will believe me.

i take a photo and my camera reads- BATTERY EXHAUSTED.

wow! a nun whammy!

i walk pass the nun walk and i'm so exhilarated... i just have to get a shot of her.

i turn my camera back on and it's working.. i use my zoom lens and hon on in to my target a rare nun in the wild. an endangered species. i snap a pic.. 

(here is what i captured- NOTHING!)

the nunnie put a curse on my camera!

JAN 2ND, 2012

9:30amish
downtown santa fe~

raymond & i are driving to santa fe today. we are going to visit the writer ALEX GILDZEN.
he creates these amazing poems about hollywood lore and the black dahlia.
alex lives a a desert home surrounded with books & art.

i could talk with him all night about the black dahlia and all his hollywood tidbits.
we decide to have dinner. alex loved to photograph meals~

(our meal @ even cowgirls get the blues~ santa fe)

look what i found! OCCUPY SANTA FE!

3PMISH- SANTA FE, NM.

raymond & i are looking around for a "panchca" for a gift to my dear friend iris, she is

 "the cat whisper" and saved pyewackett's life.

we are walking pass this cute little house that is an independent bookshop.

i say to raymond, "let's go in there. i love these kind of bookshops and maybe they'll let me use the restroom."

the proprietress is sweet and allows me to use her old fashion bathroom. when i come out raymond says, "look what i found"

he has found an out of print hardback copy of my first book- CASTRO!

published in 1990 by the tom of finland company.

amazing! what are the chances!? i haven't been to santa fe in 20 years. we just happened to walk by this shop, and i randomly decided to use the restroom!... what are the chances?!

ROAD TRIP- LAST DAY OF THE YEAR

dec 31st

6am

this morning i am having breakfast @ the el camino. econo lodge guests receive 10% off.. such a deal!

downtown sicorro is so quiet.. everything is still. it is beautiful.

i cannot think of any other place i would want to be. right now, this second of my life.

i am so happy... it is that simple.

(this is the house i tried to stay @ last night)

7amish

i hit the road.... the morning sunrise is so peaceful.. the music on the radio matches the mood.. this is a perfect last day of 2011. i use the cruise control on me dad's truck.
 i love cruise control. 

8amish

i pass by what has to be the best looking public restrooms and rest stop
i have ever seen.. i must stop.. they architecture is fantastic.. it looks like it was designed by frank Lloyd wright for frank gehry, if georgia o'keeffe wanted something minimal. 

there is a cute young boy kneeling on the ground. he is only wearing a white t-shirt.

 isn't he cold?! i'm freezing.. what is he doing? he is praying?  ohmygod..

 he is kneeling over a dead animal.. a cat! a black cat!!! ohmyohmy!...... wait...

 it is not a black cat. it is his jacket.. why is he kneeling on his black jacket? oh!!!! i get it.. he is muslim.. he is kneeling and praying because that is the tradition. they have to do this @
 a certain time of day no matter where they are... how great! what dedication...  

the muslim boy sure was cute as a button.. wouldn't that be funny if when he was praying

 i came up behind him and fucked him?... 

i'm sure that would break some kinda religious law and he would put a fadwah on me..

 but it was an amusing idea.

boy my mind sure did go off in a tangent..

 i almost lost my black cat pyewackett last week so i guess i'm seeing black cats everywhere.. i am cat sensitive.

9amish

i'm passing thru downtown albq.. looks bigger than i remember.. i'm now on the old road.

i take the trek uphill to jemez mts.

9:30amish

i'm now in jemez.. what a beauty.. just as i remember it, but even more beautiful.. the air is crisp. the leaves are dry.. the earth is bright red.. the sky royal blue.. the river crystal clear.

 i pass by what has to be the cutest outhouse i have ever seen! almost as good as the Lloyd wright ones off hwy 25, but this one has a theme.. stove pipe. log cabin.. they are great..
 i would use it every day if i lived here.

9:40amish

downtown jemez.. what a charming little place.. there's luanna & paul's B&B.. there's los ojos bar where raymond works..

 and there is raymond. he is in his element.. he looks so perfect here.

raymond loves to work.. he's kinda a country boy workaholic. 

raymond gives me my own key to his house.

(raymond's outhouse)

10amish

i am now opening the door to raymond's house.

the place looks fantastic. azula his blue eyed huskie greets me.

raymond left me the most amazing gingerbread cookies... he made them.. he can make anything.

i heat up some tea.. i feel like i live here.. it kinda reminds me of hollywood and antebellum.. they don't look alike. they are polar opposites, but they has the same spirit..
i wonder if you know what i mean?