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Monday, February 2, 2009 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM

Repurposed concrete adobe brick, Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs NM, January 25, 2009
Repurposed concrete adobe brick, Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs NM, January 25, 2009

So that's what that is...

Some time ago I noticed this unusual "rock" delineating a trail in the park. This concrete-in-a-bag "rock." And wondered what it could have been made for. When a neighbor pointed out a damaged spot in one of the campsite shelters where a careless Rv bumped it I had one of those Aha! moments - it's a fake adobe brick - used to build a fake adobe shelter, plastered with fake adobe plaster. Of course.

Night camp

Site 4 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM

Was Love Then

Was love then like a bag of assorted sweets passed around from which one might choose more than once? Some might sting the tongue, some invoke night perfume. Some had centers as bitter as gall, some blended honey and poison, some were quickly swallowed. And among the common bull's-eyes and peppermints a few rare ones; one or two with deadly needles at the heart, another that brought calm and gentle pleasure. Were his fingers closing on that one?

The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx paperback pg 315

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