and ye shall know them by their tchotchkes...

dateline: santa fe


ok, in a zen world there are no attachments...
so, nobody's perfect.  not in this room, anyway.


here are some small things i'm happy to get to look at when i'm home.
take the little smiles where you can find 'em...

the top of the left speaker

the top of the right speaker

jono's chicken alarm/with coy penguin (from the manson collection)

conundrum with sunflowers

to be continued...

listening to:  david francey -  first set: live from folk alley

an undocumented soup

dateline: santa fe, nm


(because sometimes the camera is all the way on the other side of the room)


a nice ginger / carrot soup from cooks.com 


ingredients:
  3/4 stick unsalted butter
  1/4 cup finely chopped ginger root (i used a little less)
  7 c. chicken stock
  1 1/2 c. carrots, peeled, in 1/2 inch pieces
  Pinch curry powder
  1 lg. chopped onion
  3 cloves garlic
  1 c. dry white wine
  2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  snipped fresh chives or parsley (if you got it)


melt butter in a large stock pot over medium heat.  add onion, ginger
and garlic.  saute for 15 - 20 minutes.  add stock, wine and carrots.  heat
to boiling.  reduce heat and simmer uncovered over medium heat until 
carrots are tender, about 45 minutes.  Puree the soup in batches, in a blender 
or food processor.  (or your trusty immersion blender...i'm tellin' ya)
season with lemon juice, curry powder and salt & pepper.  sprinkle a little chive or parsley. serve hot or chilled.
with a big ol' salad. 


i don't think this kid would have liked the soup.  or the salad for that matter...


kindergarten, i think...

listening to greg trooper popular demons

cadillac ranch

dateline: amarillo, texas


way back in 1974, an eccentric helium millionaire named stanley marsh 3 hired a california art collective known as the ant farm to bring his homage to the golden age of automobiles, tail fins & route 66 to life on an amarillo, texas dirt farm.


it was created by ant farm members chip lord, hudson marquez and doug michels and consists of what were (when originally installed during 1974) either older running used or junk cadillac automobiles, representing a number of evolutions of the car line (most notably the birth and death of the defining feature of early Cadillacs; the tail fin) from 1949 to 1963, half-buried nose-first in the ground, at an angle corresponding to that of the great pyramid of giza in egypt.  (thanks, wikipedia)


i've been passing by it for years and finally decided on a closer look.

too cool!!

when you get up close you realize that they're pretty much held together by generations of spray paint...

man, i just LOVE this stuff!!!!!

listening to neil young le noise