It actually takes longer to scan and tweak, format, etc. than it does to write a complete column.

But I didn’t feel like writing today. So …

Colorado winter

doherty slide, oregon outback

downtown tonopah, nevada

mojave desert

nevada desert highway

nevada mines

nevada mist

out of the oregon outback

outskirts of tonopah

nevada moon

snowplow in Austin, Nevada

petrified forest arizona

picturesque surprise valley

Mudras

Musaic*

* Now, I know what you’re thinking: Aren’t there NINE muses?

Yes. You’re absolutely right. But in this case, three muses had prior commitments, two were indisposed, and one just didn’t want to be in the picture.

Calliope, I think.

Courage.

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A writer, published author, novelist, literary critic and political observer for a quarter of a quarter-century more than a quarter-century, Hart Williams has lived in the American West for his entire life. Having grown up in Wyoming, Kansas and New Mexico, a survivor of Texas and a veteran of Hollywood, Mr. Williams currently lives in Oregon, along with an astonishing amount of pollen. He has a lively blog His Vorpal Sword. This is cross-posted from his blog.

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That plop you just heard in the Conservative Cesspool was Rick Perry, dropping out of the race.

He was goin’ for four aces but only ended up with a busted flush.

Or, perhaps he’s just “seceding.”

Courage.

An aesthetic interlude.

It’s time to clear these 2011 drawings out so we can make room for the 2012 models! This is meant only as metaphor. However, I do have an exhibition opening in Springfield, Oregon in early February. Details to come. Only one is “political.” Otherwise, you’re safe.

Leaving Oregon

If “a picture is worth a thousand words,” here are 18,000 words’ worth. More below the fold.

Surprise Valley

Just passing through

Desert Moon

Oregon Outback

Above Summer Lake

Desert monument

Old house

Souvenir

US Grant

Depression construction

California desert near Mexican border

mt kynthos

Christmas 1959

Christmas 2011

Goodbye 2011

Welcome to Arizona!

The Return of the Giant Deer

That pretty much clears out 2011.

Courage.

One throws up one’s hands in despair for poor Reason, so oft invoked, so rarely practiced.

Take a look at the snarling coverage.

(I don’t know that any actual snarling is going on, but there is a general blogospheric need for venting, from the evidence.)

The tacitly agreed-upon tactic seems to be to smear using the 1 = all proposition and hoping the endless scheiss-sturm will rub off on the Occupy Wall Street Protests around the nation and around the world.

Against such a tide of chaos this little skiff of a blog cannot hope to row.

So, here’s something funny I found, instead. Author unknown:

And so it goes.

Uh, what were we talking about, again?

(Please do not send this in an e-mail to your grandmother. Thanks.)

Courage.