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John Hamilton Farr lives in Taos. His latest book is The Helen Chronicles. He and his wife moved to el Norte from Maryland sixteen years ago. Read Buffalo Lights and Taos Soul to learn how it went.
John's Air Force family moved over forty times before he graduated from high school. He's lived in Maryland, D.C., Virginia, Germany, Texas, New York, Arkansas, and New Mexico, not exactly in that order and sometimes more than once. He went to high school in three states and earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from U.T. Austin. At one time or another he's been a sculptor, painter, teacher, office manager, groundskeeper, cartoonist, online news editor, Web designer, and rock and roll songwriter. A few years ago, he played rhythm guitar for Los Changos del Mar, "New Mexico's only extraterrestrial, psycho-surf-punk, spy-billy, harem conjunto."
You can learn more about John on his website as well as on Twitter @jhfarr.
Reunion
All right, this is serious. The Upper Gorge, formerly known as Wild Rivers Area, now part of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Haven’t been up here for years. This is where we came in ’98 before we moved, when I looked out at pure landscape (not this view) and started to cry. It was my birthday, too. That’s kind of what did it.
There’s such power in this place. As soon as you drive back to the nearest village, it mostly goes away. People just mess things up. I’m sorry, but it’s true. There aren’t many places on the planet where you feel this non-material sustenance. Like your spirit taking a long drink after exile in the desert of culture. I didn’t want to leave today...
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30. August 2014
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