Photos from my retro photo album titled: Colorado, August 2007. I remember taking these photos. I was alone driving Colorado’s back roads from nowhere to somewhere. I don’t know who lived in these houses, but ghosts live in them now. Today, only wind knocks on their abandoned doors. In modern cities, air is something one breathes,Continue reading “Somewhere in Colorado”
Author Archives: Krista Marson
All Roads Lead to Chaco
Photos from this month’s retro photo album titled: Chaco and Bandelier, May 23, 2007. One of the most remarkable aspects of Chaco Culture is the extensive system of finely engineered roads both within the canyon and extending out a considerable distance to the outlying sites throughout the San Juan Basin and beyond. These roads are remarkablyContinue reading “All Roads Lead to Chaco”
Chaco Canyon
Photos from this month’s retro photo album titled: Chaco and Bandelier, May 23, 2007. Between AD 900 and 1150, Chaco Canyon was a major center of culture for the Ancestral Puebloans. Chacoans quarried sandstone blocks and hauled timber from great distances, assembling fifteen major complexes that remained the largest buildings ever built in North America untilContinue reading “Chaco Canyon”
Visions of New Mexico
Photos from this month’s retro photo album titled: Chaco and Bandelier, May 23, 2007. Here are two landscape shots processed in Color, B&W, and Sepia. I see something different in all of them. I think the B&Ws bring out the shadows best, making the clouds look heavy. My books Memory Road Trip (e-book or paperback) and Time Traveled (e-book or paperback) are both available!Continue reading “Visions of New Mexico”
Free Chapter Sample Past Poetry
This is the last of my free chapter samples. Below are selections from my “Jason Molina Project,” a musical artist who left the world too soon. He was a masterful poet, a modern Bob Dylan for midwestern hearts. Listen here and tell me if this doesn’t grab your soul: HERE IS A FREE SAMPLE CHAPTER:Continue reading “Free Chapter Sample Past Poetry”
Free Chapter Sample Time Traveled
TIME TRAVELED is a highly entertaining compendium of travel stories told by an adventurer infatuated with the past. Themes such as nature, history, and art rank high on her literary list, as well as loneliness and the importance of having someone to love. Tripping over the remnants of who we used to be, this explorerContinue reading “Free Chapter Sample Time Traveled”
Tumacacori in Sepia
Images from this month’s retro photo album titled Tumacacori Feb 26, 2007. The haunting beauty of days no longer here. My travel memoir Time Traveled is available as e-book or paperback! Buy it either at Amazon or at most major retailers
Tumacacori
Images from this month’s retro photo album titled Tumacacori Feb 26, 2007. Founded by Kino in January, 1691, mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori was the first mission to be located in what is now Arizona. Originally located on the east side of the Santa Cruz River, the mission moved – following a nearby rebellion inContinue reading “Tumacacori”
The Mayan World
Images from this month’s retro photo album called Cancun, Jan 11 – Feb 15, 2007. El Caracol, the Observatory, is a unique structure at pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Chichen Itza. El Caracol, which means ‘snail’ in Spanish, is so named due to the spiral staircase inside the tower: The Mesoamerican ballgame was a sport with ritual associationsContinue reading “The Mayan World”
Spring Fling
Garden update: March 27, 2024 It’s a nice, breezy, sun-shiny day here in Phoenix, AZ! I’m currently testing out my new “toy”. I finally entered the modern era and took these pictures with my new Samsung A9+ tablet. I’ve never owned a tablet before (or anything similar). It’ll come in handy for quick pics. IContinue reading “Spring Fling”
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