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Bottomless Lakes State Park, Roswell NM

Prickly Pear, Brantley Lake State Park, Carlsbad NM, January 15, 2008
Prickly Pear, Brantley Lake State Park, Carlsbad, New Mexico, January 15, 2008

Bottomless Lakes State Park, Roswell NM

Nights I've camped here

Concentrated Space Intensifies Everything

A small, concentrated domestic space intensifies everything. It’s like the fire we live around—move it close together and the flame flares up, spread it apart and the fire goes out. We have always lived in small houses, but this one is the smallest and the best. Here I feel all my loose and wandering thoughts are gathered up and made whole. It is an antidote to a world of distractions. It is a world unto itself. It is almost more myself than I am.’

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