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"When dawn spreads its paintbrush on the plain, spilling purple... ," Sons of the Pioneers theme for TV show "Wagon Train." Dawn on the mythic Santa Fe Trail, New Mexico, looking toward Raton from Cimarron. -- Clarkphoto. A curmudgeon artist's musings melding metaphors and journalism, for readers in more than 150 countries.
High Lonesome is mythic in the West, as in my mind is the gate to this remote, faraway place, as mythic and calling as Christmas. What a place to be snowed in with a loved one, to stay warm by the fire, to laugh, read, dream, reflect by the light of a kerosene lantern. Outside, high chill mountain air, the stars so bright you can see forever, the only sound the howl of wolves or cry of big cats hunting. High and Lonesome, and at peace.
I'm loving your series of Christmas works. Many of them bring back memories from a long time ago when we go to my aunt and uncle's ranch deep in a valley in Idaho. They used kerosine lamps for light and a wood stove for heat for a long time.
I'm loving your series of Christmas works. Many of them bring back memories from a long time ago when we go to my aunt and uncle's ranch deep in a valley in Idaho. They used kerosine lamps for light and a wood stove for heat for a long time.
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