So first morning on de desert somewhere between one and three the solar system [fortuitously only ours here] disconcertingly failed…fortunately it was back up soon after the sun but boding

ill for Battery Life. Next fun discovery was that the phone had somehow self-incapacitated and

was not accepting calls but otherwise everything’s tentatively good.  A New Year meant taking down the 2021 watercolors, finishing unloading and then charging the Tundra’s battery

which had not as inexplicably drained overnight due to oversight.  The sun went down, the

system crashed, the sun came up and up it came.  Again.

Days went by

limping about due to too long a [not very long] walk on Thursday and though

the hits just kept on keep on comin’ low light remained a Winter Fascination.

Saturday I made a rare afterdark excursion to town for dinner among friends, out and back

with nary a vehicle sighted and Sunday a sort of mini-pogonip on the land, perfect

for burning but, no. With no truck to truck cautionary water to the burnpile and still too sore

anyway it was just a wintry tour of Storm Queen

and, inside, mudding up the kitchen cracks, watercolors…later dogs,

always dogs,

and a moon full over the mountain.